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NEW DELHI: Forward of elections in some states, together with Gujarat, the BJP’s nationwide Morcha of OBCs on Thursday pitched for a hike within the scholarship and UGC put up doctoral fellowship on par with SC/ST scholars for OBC scholars wishing to pursue upper schooling within the nation.
BJP’s OBC Morcha leader Okay Laxman submitted a memorandum to Training Minister Dharamendra Pradhan. The Morcha is a outstanding wing of the ruling BJP in electoral politics. It has demanded the BJP-led governments discover more than a few choices to offer virtual gadgets to the OBC scholars to pursue schooling.
“The Covid pandemic has created issues for rural, marginalized and deficient scholars in gaining access to on-line categories. The ministry can discover more than a few choices to offer virtual gadgets to them,” stated the memorandum.
Laxman stated the nationwide fellowship for OBCs used to be greater from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 slots in 2016. “There’s a want to building up the fellowship for OBCs too to Rs 5,000 slots to inspire such scholars to pursue upper schooling,” he stated.
He has additionally demanded analysis centres in all universities to inspire analysis on social, instructional, political, and financial and cultural facets of OBCs. “All scholarships, fellowships, exemptions and different provisions given to SC/ST scholars must additionally follow to OBC (non-creamy layer) scholars,” stated Laxman.
