India, March 30 -- LUCKNOW Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday transferred Rs.3,350 crore in scholarships and fee reimbursements directly into the bank accounts of 27,99,982 students of deprived and vulnerable sections of society, studying in classes 9-10 and at the post-matriculation level. He also transferred financial assistance amounting to Rs.100 crore to 33,334 dependent families under the National Family Benefit Scheme, providing support in instances where the primary earner of a poor household had passed away.

Speaking at a ceremony held at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, the CM extended his best wishes to the scholarship recipients. He launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party leaders, asserting that in the guise of soci...