NABARD sanctions Rs.222 cr to Govt of Punjab to augment school infrastructure

NABARD has sanctioned Rs.221.99 cr under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for construction of 2328 additional classrooms, 762 labs and 648 playgrounds in rural school in all 23 districts of Punjab. In addition to this, 404 integrated science labs, 62 physics labs, 44 chemistry labs 54 biology labs, 103 computor labs and 55 NSQF labs have also been sanctioned.

These projects envisage benefitting a total of 3.80 lakh students including likely new enrolment of 0.35 lakh students in more than 3500 villages. Presently, there are 632 projects involving RIDF assistance of Rs.686 cr under varous stages of implementation by Department of School Education, Govt of Punjab.