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Lucknow, Oct 16 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will personally oversee the direct transfer of scholarships to lakhs of students’ bank accounts during a ceremony organised by the Backward Class Welfare Department here today.
For the first time, under the CM’s direction, the scholarship distribution for the 2025–26 financial year began in September itself. In the first phase, around Rs 62.13 crore was distributed to benefit over 2.5 lakh OBC students from classes 9 to 12. In the second phase, scheduled for Friday, Rs 126.68 crore will be transferred to more than 4.83 lakh students.
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Backward Class Welfare and Divyangjan Empowerment, Narendra Kashyap, said, “Only when the youth of the state are educated can the vision of Viksit Bharat–Viksit Uttar Pradesh be realised.”
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