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Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Government of India
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
16-July-2019
16:57 IST
Income
limit of Parents of OBC Students
The Government has fixed the income limit
of parents of OBC students for availing scholarships from Government under the
welfare schemes of OBCs as under:
|
Name of the schemes
|
Income limit (per annum)
|
|
Pre-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students
|
2.50 lakh
|
|
Post-Matric Scholarship for OBC Students
|
1.50 lakh
|
|
National Fellowship for OBC Students
|
No income limit
|
|
Dr. Ambedkar Pre and Post Matric scholarship Scheme for
Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-nomadic Tribes (DNTs).
|
2.00 lakh
|
|
Dr. Ambedkar Post-Matric Scholarship for EBC Students
|
1.00 lakh
|
The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
after careful consideration and in consultation with various Ministries and
Stake-holders has fixed the income limit of parents of OBC Students
The schemes for welfare of OBC, EBC &
DNT's are up to financial year 2019-20. Any change in income limit of the
parents of OBC and other students is considered at the time of continuation
& revision of the scheme.
This information was given by Minister of
State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written
reply in Lok Sabha today.
