{"id":36937,"date":"2025-09-15T23:54:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/?p=36937"},"modified":"2025-09-16T06:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T00:34:40","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a9-sukhwinder-bindra-announces-rs-70-crore-grant-for-obc-hostels-at-punjabi-university-patiala-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/?p=36937","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea9 Sukhwinder Bindra announces Rs 70 crore grant for OBC hostels at Punjabi University, Patiala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udea9 Sukhwinder Bindra announces Rs 70 crore grant for OBC hostels at Punjabi University, Patiala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Patiala, 16 September &#8211; Ravinder Kumar Bali \/&nbsp; Newsline Express&nbsp; &#8211;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjabi University, Patiala Vice Chancellor Dr. Jagdeep Singh has extended heartfelt thanks to Sukhwinder Singh Bindra, National Member (NISD) and Special Invitee (NCCDR) in the Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment, Government of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that through the efforts of Sukhwinder Singh Bindra, the Ministry of Social Justice &amp; Empowerment has sanctioned \u20b970 crore for the construction of OBC boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 hostels at Punjabi University, Patiala. The Central Government has also released the first installment of \u20b911.5 crore towards the construction of these hostels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bhindra-1757937255211157552296349766571.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36930\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeep Singh stated that Punjabi University, which has been struggling with a shortage of funds, has now been allotted nearly \u20b970 crore for the construction of OBC boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 hostels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the project earlier faced hurdles due to the university\u2019s lack of funds. Bindra informed that the Ministry has already released \u20b911.5 crore as the first installment so that the construction work can begin soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeep Singh also requested Bindra to reduce the university\u2019s share in these grants. For the boys\u2019 hostel, the university\u2019s contribution towards construction costs is 40%, while for the girls\u2019 hostel it is only 10%. The Vice Chancellor appealed to the concerned authorities to reduce the university\u2019s contribution for the boys\u2019 hostel to 10%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bindra assured that he would certainly discuss this matter with senior officials and the Hon\u2019ble Minister. He further said that every possible effort will be made to build a better future for the youth.<br \/><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#cf2e2e\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Newsline Express<\/strong><\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea9 Sukhwinder Bindra announces Rs 70 crore grant for OBC hostels at Punjabi University,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":36947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3198,880,44,1,45,958,34,39],"tags":[7256],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1721044880_Distance-Education-Punjabi-University-Patiala.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36937"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36946,"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36937\/revisions\/36946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslineexpres.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}