Under the scheme of National Fellowship for Scheduled Caste (NFSC), 4,350 scholars have received fellowship upto the month of January 2025. Out of these 4,350 scholars, 3,775 have received fellowship upto February 2025.

Under the scheme of National Fellowship for OBC Students (NF-OBC) for the Financial Year 2024-25, Rs. 55.00 Crores were allocated and additional Rs. 14.96 Crores was provided through re-appropriation. The total amount of 69.96 Crores has been utilized for disbursing the fellowship to 2,180 scholars.

In last six months, 1,902 beneficiaries have received fellowship under the NF-OBC scheme.

This information was provided by UNION MINISTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT, SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE, in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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(Rajya Sabha US Q3006)