: The Malaysian Indians Transformation Unit is still open to receiving applications for the one-time RM2,000 university fee subsidy until Sept 15, said its Special Task Force Committee chairman Datuk R. RamananHe said, the assistance is aimed at helping 10,000 students in the second, third and final years of bachelor’s degrees for both public and private Institutions of Higher Learning .
“The requirements are simple, they just need to be from the B40 group and have an active student status at an institution of higher learning,” he said, adding that applications can be submitted throughUpdating on Mitra’s dialysis subsidy, that is targeting 900 chronic kidney patients, Ramanan said the Unit has received 749 applications from 135 dialysis centres, and 813 individuals as at the deadline on Aug 30.
Overall, Mitra’s dialysis subsidy involves an allocation of RM8.64 million at a subsidy of RM200 per session, covering four payments per month annually. As for the Drone Operations and Data Services and Electrified Automation Advancement Programme costing RM4.3 million, he said the Unit has received more than 500 applications from Indian youths, and eligible candidates will start training at the end of this month.