The following Schemes are implemented by this Ministry for the upliftment of Other Backward Classes (OBCs):
(i) Pre-Matric Scholarship to the students belonging to OBCs;
(ii) Post-Matric Scholarship to the students belonging to OBCs;
(iii) Construction of Hostels for OBC Boys and Girls; and
(iv) Assistance to Voluntary Organisations for the welfare of OBCs.
The above schemes are implemented for the socio-economic and educational empowerment of OBCs. The data on number of families Below Poverty Line and the number of school dropouts in Haryana are not maintained centrally.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri D. Napoleon in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
PIB
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