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Economic times ‐ 20 August 2015

The finance ministry on Thursday said that it has launched a portal - Vidya Lakshmi - to provide single window access for students to apply for education loans and government scholarships. "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", the finance ministry said.

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Business Standard ‐ 20 August 2015

13 banks have registered 22 educational loan schemes on the Vidya Lakshmi Portal and five banks have integrated their system with the portal. The government today said it has a launched a website, vidyalakshmi.co.in, for students seeking educational loans and five banks including SBI, IDBI Bank and Bank of India have integrated their system with the portal. "Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) was launched on the occasion of Independence Day i.e. 15th August, 2015 for the benefit of students seeking educational loans", a Finance Ministry release said.

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India Today ‐ 20 August 2015

Modi govt tells students The Government of India is on a mission to quickly digitize the country. For that education is key and on Thursday, it launched a new portal called VIZ aka www.vidyalakshmi.co.in , which will cater to students seeking educational loans. Apart from providing educational loans, it is being described as a first of its kind initiative that will act as a "single window" for students to access information and make application for educational loans provided by banks and government scholarships

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Live Mint ‐ 20 August 2015

Log on to www.vidyalakshmi.co.in and you can apply for an education loan to multiple banks by filling just one form. The government has launched an education loans portal, where students can apply for a loan to multiple banks, track their applications, and avail various loan schemes being offered. Photo: AFP If you are a student looking for an education loan, there′s an easy way out. Now, you need not go through the ordeal of visiting one bank after another to get a loan. Just log on to www.vidyalakshmi.co.in and apply to multiple banks by filling just one form

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Press Information Bureau ‐ 20 August 2015

First Portal of Its Kind Providing Single Window for Students to Access Information and Make Application for Educational Loans Provided by Banks as well as for Government Scholarships A web-based portal viz. Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) 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 Protean e‐Governance Infrastructure Limited (Formerly NSDL e‐Governance Infrastructure Limited herein, Protean 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).

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Zee News ‐ 20 August 2015

The government on Thursday said it has a launched a website, www.vidyalakshmi.co.in, for students seeking educational loans and five banks including SBI, IDBI Bank and Bank of India have integrated their system with the portal. New Delhi: The government on Thursday said it has a launched a website, www.vidyalakshmi.co.in, for students seeking educational loans and five banks including SBI, IDBI Bank and Bank of India have integrated their system with the portal.

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Hindustan Times ‐ 20 August 2015

The government on Thursday said it has a launched a portal, for students looking for educational loans and five banks including SBI, IDBI Bank and Bank of India have integrated their system with the website. "Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) was launched on the occasion of Independence Day i.e. 15th August, 2015 for the benefit of students seeking educational loans," a Finance Ministry release said. The portal has been developed and maintained by Protean eGov Technologies Limited (Formerly NSDL eGovernance Infrastructure Limited herein, Protean eGov) under the guidance of Department of Financial Services in the finance ministry, department of higher education, ministry of human resource development and Indian Banks' Association (IBA)

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International Business Times ‐ 20 August 2015

Students will now be able to apply to multiple banks, including SBI, BOI and IDBI, by filing just one form on Vidya Lakshmi portal. www.vidyalakshmi.co.in In a student-friendly move, the Central government has launched a portal, where students can apply for education loan to multiple banks by filling just one form. So far, 13 banks have registered 22 educational loan schemes on www.vidyalakshmi.co.in. Moreover, five PSU banks ‐ SBI, IDBI Bank, Bank of India, Canara Bank and Union Bank of India ‐ have integrated their system with the portal.

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International Business Times ‐ 20 August 2015

The government today said it has a launched a website, vidyalakshmi.co.in, for students seeking educational loans and five banks including SBI, IDBI Bank and Bank of India have integrated their system with the portal. "Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) was launched on the occasion of Independence Day i.e. 15th August, 2015 for the benefit of students seeking educational loans," a Finance Ministry release said. The portal has been developed and maintained by Protean eGov Technologies Limited (Formerly NSDL eGovernance Infrastructure Limited herein Protean eGov) under the guidance of Department of Financial Services in the Finance Ministry, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Indian Banks' Association (IBA).

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The Tribune ‐ 20 August 2015

The government today said it has launched a portal, vidyalakshmi.co.in, for students seeking educational loans and scholarships. The Finance Ministry said the portal was launched on the occasion of Independence Day for the benefit of students seeking educational loans. It has been developed and maintained by Protean e‐ Governance Infrastructure Limited (Protean e‐Gov) under the guidance of Department of Financial Services in the Finance Ministry, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development and Indian Banks′ Association.

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Business Insider ‐ 20 August 2015

If you are a student and planning to pursue a self financed course, you needn't worry about educational loans any more. The finance ministry has announced the launch of a one-stop portal www.vidyalakshmi.co. in. Here, students can apply for education loan from multiple banks by filling up just one form.

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DNA ‐ 20 August 2015

The portal will provide information about educational loan schemes of banks; common educational loan application form for students; facility to apply to multiple banks for educational loans; and facility for banks to download students' loan applications. The government on Thursday said it has a launched a website, vidyalakshmi.co.in, for students seeking educational loans and five banks including SBI, IDBI Bank and Bank of India have integrated their system with the portal.

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News Today Online ‐ 21 August 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi′s focus has been on the demographic dividend . Students best represent the young population in India. No wonder Arun Jaitley offered many benefits to the student community in his first full fledged Union Budget. Union Budget has proposed for a student Financial Aid Authority to administer and monitor the front-end of all scholarship as well as Educational Loan Schemes through Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram. This should ensure finance for higher education for all students.

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Live Mint ‐ 21 August 2015

The government has launched an education loans portal, where students can apply for a loan to multiple banks, track their applications, and avail various loan schemes being offered. If you are a student looking for an education loan, there′s an easy way out. Now, you need not go through the ordeal of visiting one bank after another to get a loan. Just log on to www.vidyalakshmi.co.in and apply to multiple banks by filling just one form

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The Hindu Business Line ‐ 21 August 2015

“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.

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Deccan Herald ‐ 21 August 2015

Students can now apply for educational loans online with the Centre launching a web-based portal Vidya Lakshmi as a one-stop solution. “This is first of its kind portal providing single window for students to access information and make application for educational loans,” the Finance ministry said in a statement here on Thursday. To apply for loan online, students are required to first register themselves at the portal, www.vidyalakshmi.co.in. and then fill a common education loan application form at the site. The portal has all information about various education loan schemes uploaded on it

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