Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 22

To encourage the youth of Punjab to join the armed forces, the Chandigarh Chandigarh Defence Academy, has initiated a campaign named ‘Vision 2022’.

Punjab Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today announced various scholarship schemes for meritorious and needy students of Punjab. Randhawa also announced a sum of Rs 5 lakh from his funds to the Chandigarh Defence Academy.

Under the campaign, scholarships will be awarded to the children of martyrs’ families, meritorious children living in orphanages, students living below the poverty line and single mothers’ children. Scholarships will also be awarded to the children of retired Armed forces soldiers and officers and those students of Punjab who have scored more than 80 per cent marks in Class X.