West Bengal Minority Development and Finance Corporation explained

West Bengal Minority Development and Finance Corporation
Other Name:	WBMDFC
Motto:	^[1]
City:	Salt Lake city, Calcutta
State:	West Bengal
Country:	India
Website:	Official website

West Bengal Minority Minority Development Corporation (WBMDFC) is a government office to help religious minority groups. It is controlled by the Government of West Bengal.

History

WBMDFC was established in 1996 as a result of the West Bengal Act XVIII of 1995 with the purpose of providing economic welfare, scholarships, vocational training, mass awareness and career counseling for religious minority groups (e.g. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Parsees, etc.).^{[2] [3]}

Scholarships

There are several scholarship that provides the minority students

Pre Matric,Post Matric,Merit-cum-Means,Swami Vivekananda Merit-cum-Means,State Govt. Sponsored Stipend Under Talent Support Programme (TSP)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . wbmdfc.org.
2. Web site: WBMDFC . 2020-09-29 . wbmdfc.org.
3. Book: Chatterji . Rakhahari . West Bengal under the Left: 1977-2011 . Basu . Partha Pratim . 2019-06-26 . Routledge . 978-1-000-58689-3 . en.