UP CM relaxes rules, gives ₹10 lakh for IIT scholar’s cancer treatment
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Sep 19, 2020 04:22 PM IST
A statement from the CM’s office said Adityanath learnt through social media about the financial problems the family of Ashish Dixit was facing as he is undergoing treatment in Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sanctioned ₹10 lakh by relaxing rules for an Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee research scholar’s blood cancer treatment.
A statement from the chief minister’s office on Saturday said Adityanath learnt through social media about the financial problems the family of Ashish Dixit was facing as he is undergoing treatment in Lucknow.
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It added that since Dixit was a son of a government employee and a beneficiary of a scholarship, it was difficult to extend financial help to him under the earlier rules.
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