🔱Maharashtra to hike parents' income of OBC wards seeking scholarship,

Posting 5.8.16,

🔱Maharashtra to hike parents' income of OBC wards seeking scholarship,

🔹Maharashtra government will hike the annual income limit of parents of non-creamy layer category OBC students seeking scholarships, to Rs 6 lakh from the current Rs 4.5 lakh,

🔹The decision will apply to Vimukta Jati, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Class and Special Backward Class.

🔹There's a proposal to set up a separate ministry for development of OBCs.

🔹Students seeking admission in academic year 2016-17 will benefit from the decision,