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Needy students pay half of the fees or they are provided with freeship. About 1000 students are being benefited.
Every year 1500 students of various villages are provided with text books and 30 computers are donated to 5 / 6 schools.
Interest-free loan of Rs 70 Lakhs is being provided to students for their higher education every year.
Food items are distributed to 150 people in Howrah and 55 people in Cossipore every month.
Vichar Manch, an organization; recognizes and honours nine personalities every year comprising Jain scholars, writers, artists and champions who have worked for the spread of education and rural upliftment.
Three evening schools provide education to 850 students free of cost. Free books, bags, clothes etc. are provided to needy students. In rural areas, the women are provided with 50 sewing machines, every year and interest-free loans are also provided to them.
In the past 3 years, bathrooms have been constructed in the village houses.
Each year, during Mahavir Jayanti, students of various Jain schools participate in speech competition on the principles of Bhagwan Mahavir and prizes are distributed.
Shree S. S. Jain Sabha is a path-breaking and history-making institution. This is the most active institution amongst all the institutions of Kolkata.
323 Jainism and its History
Sardarmull Kankaria
President
