An amount of ₹67.87 crore has been sanctioned for distribution of post-matric scholarship to various categories of students, Minister for Finance K.N. Balagopal has said. An amount of ₹15.76 crore has been sanctioned for the Scheduled Caste category, ₹43.33 crore for Backward Classes, and ₹8.78 crore for Economically Weaker Sections. Earlier this year, ₹417 crore had been sanctioned for the scholarships. An amount of ₹182 crore had been earmarked in the budget this year for the scholarship payments.
