12th March, 2003
Ministry of Defence  


EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO CHILDREN OF ARMY EMPLOYEES BY COCA COLA


RAJYA SABHA

The Coca Cola Company, India has made an offer to provide 500 scholarships of Rs. 5,000/- each to the children of Army personnel studying in classes X to XII of Army schools, being run by the Army Welfare Education Society, registered under the Societies Act.

Applications will be called from the wards of army personnel and a list of children on merit cum means will be drawn up for consideration of award of scholarships.

This information was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written reply to Shri K Kalavenkata Rao in Rajya Sabha today.