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The Kerala authorities connected Friday said it has allocated an further ₹200 crore for the post-matric assistance for students belonging to the Other Eligible Communities (OEC) category.
With this, the authorities has allocated ₹5,326 crore this year, till now, connected scholarships for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and OEC categories, a connection issued by the bureau of Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal said.
Mr. Balagopal said that the ₹200 crore was made disposable for the organisation of scholarships to students belonging to OEC and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) categories.
This year, ₹240 crore was allocated successful the fund and it was allowed earlier.
“Now ₹200 crore has been allowed arsenic an further allocation,” the connection said.
With this, the arrears nether this class tin beryllium cleared successful full, it said.
It further said that past year, ₹40 crore was allocated successful the Budget for the scholarships, but the authorities ended up distributing astir ₹358 crore which included arrears of erstwhile years.
The connection besides said that portion the archetypal Pinarayi authorities distributed ₹3,853 crore connected scholarships for students from the marginalised communities, during the Oommen Chandy government, lone ₹2,069 crore was spent.
