CM Yogi to distribute scholarship/fee reimbursement amount at Lok Bhawan on Saturday
More than 4.60 lakh students to benefit from scholarship, Rs. 148 crore to be distributed
Funds to reach the bank accounts of students from deprived and low-income groups
Lucknow, October 02, 2026
To connect students from deprived and low-income groups with education, the state government will distribute a large amount under the scholarship scheme. CM Yogi will transfer more than Rs. 148 crore in scholarships and fee reimbursements to the bank accounts of more than 4.60 lakh students at a program organized at the Lok Bhawan Auditorium, Lucknow, on Saturday (October 3).
At the program, Rs. 60.01 crore will be provided to 2,23,615 students from Other Backward Classes, Rs. 64.54 crore to 1,59,959 students from Scheduled Castes, Rs. 11.43 crore to 38,084 students from the General category, and Rs. 12.06 crore to 38,901 students from the minority category.
Yogi government has implemented an Aadhaar-based payment system to make scholarship distribution more transparent and convenient. Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Asim Arun, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Narendra Kumar Kashyap, Minister of State Sanjeev Gond, Minister of State Danish Azad Ansari and Chairman of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission Baijnath Rawat will be present at the program.
