TN urges to give more preference to OBCs' education

Updated on: Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Chennai: Tamil Nadu government has urged the Centre to provide more financial support towards OBCs' education.

The State urged the centre to allocate more funds considering the factors like, higher population of Other Backward Classes people and more amount was spent on scholarship schemes by the State than funds allotted.

Speaking at a conference of State Ministers for Social Justice and Empowerment in New Delhi on Monday, K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran, Backward Classes Minister, said the quantum financial aid provided to Tamil Nadu by the center was insufficient compared to the expenditure incurred by the State every year on educational development of OBCs.

Indicating that nearly 68 per cent of the population of the State belonged to BCs, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities, Mr.Ramachandran said that Tamil Nadu was implementing various scholarship schemes, incurring an annual expenditure of about Rs.77.6 crore, benefiting 4,25,293 students.

He wanted, the annual income limit of parents increased from Rs.44, 500 to at least Rs.1, 00,000/- for sanction of pre-matric and post-matric scholarships to OBC students.

TN urges to give more preference to OBCs' education

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