Responding to the mounting pressure by students, colleges and the opposition parties who said that they would further intensify their agitations if the government did not respond to their demands of releasing funds to meet the students' reimbursement and scholarships, the government on Thursday appointed a Group of Ministers (GoM) to streamline the process of granting scholarships and fee reimbursement to eligible students from SC, ST, BC and minorities backgrounds with annual family incomes of less than Rs. 1 lakh.
Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy is yet to announce a specific date for the disbursement of funds.
The N Kiran Kumar Reddy government is yet to make a formal announcement as to when exactly the online fund transfer will commence and meet the requirements of the colleges.
Meanwhile, the students continue to make noise about the delay in the withdrawal of the funds meant for scholarships.
On board the GoM are Social Welfare Minister Pithani Sathyanarayana, BC Welfare Minister Basavaraju Saraiah, Tribal Welfare Minister Pasupuleti Balaraju, Higher And Technical Education Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, Secondary And Intermediate Education Minister K Parthasarathy, Health And Medical Education D L Ravindra Reddy, Transport Minister Botsa Satyanarayana and Revenue Minister N Raghuveera Reddy.
The GoM is expected to periodically review issues related to the payment of scholarships and fee reimbursements, and submit a report to the government.