The government has launched ‘Vidya Lakshmi’, a web-based portal for students seeking educational loans.
“The portal provides a single window for students to access information and make applications for loans provided by banks as well as government scholarships,” a statement from the Finance Ministry said on Thursday. So far, 13 banks have registered 22 educational loan schemes on the portal and five banks — SBI, IDBI Bank, Bank of India, Canara Bank and Union Bank of India — have integrated their systems with the portal for providing loan processing status to students, it added.
The portal has been developed and is being maintained by NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure.
Published on August 20, 2015
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