Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday transferred Rs 89.96 crore to 3.96 lakh students at a scholarship distribution program in Lucknow.
Addressing the public meeting, CM Yogi lauded the Centre’s New Education Policy and announced the ‘One Nation, One Scholarship’ system.
“Education is a fundamental right in our country, and education has been made inclusive through the New Education Policy by Prime Minister Modi in 2020. In the coming times, the ‘One Nation, One Scholarship’ system will also be introduced. Students will receive the scholarship amount with a click as soon as they take admission in the school,” he said.
Taking a veiled jibe at the Opposition, CM Yogi claimed that the students from the Scheduled Tribes did not receive scholarships before 2017.
He said, “