Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will present two-wheelers (Scooty) to toppers of higher secondary school examination at a state-level programme to be organised in Shahdol on Wednesday.
Government has spent a sum of Rs 79.06 crore to buy two-wheelers for all the toppers in the state. Scooty will be distributed to 7,800 students. The money has already been transferred into the account of students to buy two-wheelers.
At Shahdol programme, shopkeepers will deliver two-wheelers at the venue from where the vehicles will be distributed to the students. A state school education department official told Free Press that option was given to students either to buy petrol-run or electronic two-wheeler.
To purchase petrol scooty, state government has deposited Rs 90,000 into accounts of the selected toppers. Those who showed interest in buying the electronic two- wheeler, Rs 1. 20 lakh have been deposited into their accounts. Learning licence has been provided to the all selected students.
