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Dharwad, dhns: The Backward Classes Welfare Department has cleared all pending student scholarships.
DH had published a report titled ‘1.6 lakh BC, minority students in distress without scholarship’ on January 20.
BC Welfare Department Commissioner K A Dayanand told DH that scholarships for the last five academic years — from 2021 to 2025-26 — have been disbursed.
He said that under the post-matric fee reimbursement programme, 1,26,181 pending applications have been cleared and Rs 129.05 crore disbursed.
The department received 5.92 lakh applications for the 2025-26 academic year seeking scholarships. Of these, 1,88,849 have been approved and Rs 128.56 crore has been released.
Under the college fee reimbursement programme, 1,75,337 eligible students have received Rs 211.58 crore, he added.
Similarly, under the Vidyasiri food and hostel programme, 41,111 students received financial assistance amounting to Rs 61.68 crore.
“In the interest of students, the department had extended the last date for submitting applications for scholarships, fee reimbursement and the Vidyasiri scheme till January 31,” Dayanand said.