He also announced that�in order to provide better education facilities for students completing tenth standard, 100 hostels for SCs, each costing Rs 2 crore and 250 hostels for STs, each costing Rs 1 crore each,�would be set up in the state.
A sum of Rs 1,150 crore would be spent to provide subsidy�for�providing�self-employment to�educated SC and ST youth, he said.