Students can now apply to multiple banks for education loans with just one form :
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.
Govt launches portal for students seeking education loans
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.
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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