Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Friday said it has allocated an additional Rs 200 crore for the post-matric scholarship distribution of students belonging to the Other Eligible Communities (OEC) category.

With this, the government has allocated Rs 5,326 crore this year, till now, on scholarships for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and OEC categories, a statement, issued by the office of state Finance Minister K N Balagopal, said.

Balagopal said that the Rs 200 crore was made available for the distribution of scholarships to students belonging to OEC and Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) categories.

This year, Rs. 240 crore was allocated in the budget and it was allowed earlier. Read Also ‘Mom And Dad, Please Fo

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