KOCHI: This financial year, economically backward sections among the forward community students won’t be getting scholarship. Kerala State Welfare corporation for forward community had been waiting for fund after preparing the list of students eligible for the scholarship. The selection was made by inviting application from students following the administrative section.

It was on Saturday that the corporation got a letter from the Public Works department undersecretary P C Manoj Kumar that he is unable to release the fund for the scholarship this time.

The students had been receiving scholarships since 2013 and this year it is for the first time it is being denied to students. In the last budget, Rs 17 cr was earmarked for scholarships but in last June this was constricted to Rs 13.6 crore. This got administrative sanction also in September. Out of 40,000 applicants 24000 were found to be eligible.