The Punjab Government Higher Education Department distributed Rs 3.35 crore among 21 unaided rural colleges being run by various volunteer, religious or public spirited organisations in the state.All those colleges having students up to 700 have been given Rs15 lakh each and those having students over 700 have been given Rs 25 each. The Deputy Chief Minister, Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, who has the Higher Education portfolio, presented the cheques to the representatives of managements of such colleges at her office today. Two colleges got Rs 25 lakh each while others got Rs 15 lakh each.It is the first time that such a grant has been given to these colleges, which has been imparting education mostly in the backward and remote rural areas. Mrs Bhattal said that the financial help had been given to these colleges to set up modern laboratories, computer facilities and other infrastructure required for students.