428 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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II. Scientific Societies
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 18,000 Calcutta.
Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta 2,500
Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta 37,000
National Institute of Science of India, Calcutta 6,000
Vishvesharanand Vedic Research Institute, Simla 2,500
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 1,50,000
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona 4,000
Bose Research Institute, Calcutta 45,000
III. Miscellaneous
Indian Olympic Association 2,000
Girl Guides Association, India 2,500
Total of annual Recurring Grants ... 2,99,100
This docs not include the annual subvention which the Government of India gives of Rs. 3 lakhs per annum to the Muslim University of Aligarh and of Rs. 3 lakhs per annum to the Hindu University of Benares. The claim made on behalf of the Scheduled Castes for help in the matter of advanced education at home and abroad receives great support from the financial aid given by Central Government to these two Universities. The grant made to the Universities is really grant made to the Hindu and Muslim communities for supporting higher education. That being so, there is no reason why the Central Government should not undertake to make a similar grant of 3 lakhs of rupees annually to promote higher education among the Scheduled Castes. If the Government are interested in raising the status of the Scheduled Castes, which they have often proclaimed to be their duty, it is high time that a similar provision was made for them in the education budget of the Central Government.
The scheme if it is given effect to will revolutionize the condition and status of the Scheduled Castes. The Scheduled Castes lay great store by it. They would even be prepared for the scheme being made a loan system rather than a system of grants. The Scheduled Caste boys who receive these scholarships shall be glad to take