Port Blair, Jan 4: The Member of Parliament. Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Chief Secretary to release stipends for students of Law College, who have come to Port Blair for higher education from far flung Islands.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, the Member of Parliament mentioned that from the beginning, students coming to Port Blair for the purpose of higher studies are being given stipends by the Administration to cover their basic expenditure at Port Blair and also to encourage them to continue higher education.

He pointed out that the Andaman Law College has stopped giving stipends to the deserving students since the beginning COVID-19 pandemic. While all other colleges have resumed giving stipends to college students after reopening of college post COVID-19 lockdowns, the Law College has not resumed dispersal of the same, he added.