MUMBAI, August 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
A web-based portal viz. Vidya Lakshmi (http://www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) has been launched for students seeking educational loans. It's a one-of-its-kind portal providing single window for students to access information and make application for educational loans provided by banks as well as for government scholarships.
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Vidya Lakshmi was launched on the occasion of Independence Day i.e. 15th August, 2015 for the benefit of students seeking educational loans. The portal has been developed and maintained by NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL e-Gov) under the guidance of Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Indian Banks' Association (IBA).
Earlier, the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget for 2015-16 inter-alia had proposed to set-up a fully IT based Student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor Scholarship as well as Educational Loan Schemes, through the Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram (PMVLK) to ensure that no student misses out on higher education for lack of funds. The launch of the aforesaid portal is a first step towards achieving this objective.
The portal has the following features:
So far, 13 banks have registered with 22 Educational Loan Schemes on the Vidya Lakshmi portal and 5 Banks viz; SBI, IDBI Bank, Bank of India, Canara Bank and Union Bank of India have integrated their system with the portal for providing loan processing status to students. This initiative aims to bring on board all banks providing educational loans. It is expected that students throughout the country will be benefited by this initiative of the government by making available a single window for access to various Educational Loan Schemes of all banks.
About NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited:
NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited (NSDL e-Gov) was originally setup as a Depository in 1995 and has over the years used its inherent strengths, project management capabilities & technology expertise to deliver state of the art e-Governance solutions which has helped Governments to identify and clear bottlenecks, promote transparency, reduce service delivery costs and deliver public services efficiently. The solutions have efficiently made use of information and communication technologies as a tool for delivering public services and benefits to society at large. Some of the key e-Governance projects undertaken by NSDL e-Gov are:
NSDL e-Gov works closely with various government agencies for designing, managing and implementing e-Governance projects. Over a period of time, NSDL e-Gov has gained varied experience and expertise in areas that help governments overcome various challenges faced by them in fulfilling their core responsibilities of delivering public services to the society.
More updates on: https://web.facebook.com/VidyaLakshmi.Portal
Media Contact:
Vinith Nair
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Assistant Vice President
NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited
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