Tag - Indian Community

RM100mil to empower Indian entrepreneurs

SUNGAI BULOH: Entrepreneurship funds for the Indian community have increased to RM100mil, says Datuk Seri R. Ramanan. The Deputy Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister said the increased allocation is for the Indian Community Entrepreneur Financing Scheme (Spumi) and Spumi Goes Big Financing Scheme. Funding applications may be made from Tuesday (Jan 14) through the National Entrepreneur Group...

Over 8,500 have applied for Mitra’s undergrad tuition subsidy

PUTRAJAYA:A total of 8,583 applications have been made to the Malaysian Indian Community Transformation Unit's (Mitra) tuition assistance subsidy programme for B40 Indian undergraduate students as of Aug 31. Mitra Special Vehicle Committee chairman Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan said the grant, involving RM20mil, has been distributed to 3,193 students attending public and private universities with subsidies worth...