Other Backward Classes (OBC) children studying in classes below class 10 in the state will get stipend only at the old rate of Rs.2250. The number of these children is close to 10 lakh 60 thousand. However, under the Prime Minister Young Achievers Scholarship Award Scheme for Vibrant India scheme, the central government has announced a stipend amount of Rs 4,000 in courses below class 10 for the economically backward (EBC), other backward classes (OBC) and notified nomadic castes. Have done Rs.
But the Backward Classes Welfare Department of the state will now give stipend to these children at the rate of Rs.2250 instead of Rs.4000. This decision was taken in a high-level meeting chaired by department minister Narendra Kashyap on Monday. In the issue of ‘Hindustan’ on Monday, 16th January, the news of the stipend of these children getting stuck was published.
It was also informed that the departmental ministers will take a decision in this regard at a high-level meeting on Monday. In this regard, churning was going on in the department for the last 25 days. But the decision could not be taken. This deadlock had become more serious because Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is going to distribute scholarship on the beginning of UP Day celebrations on 24th January.