evidence: Even when there was a corresponding increase in the post-matric scholarship for minorities in the subsequent years, this came with a similar reduction in the pre-matric scholarship. The trend was similar for other schemes too. [...] In addition to the reduced allocation, students said that the existing fellowships for OBCs are woefully inadequate. "There’s no specialised scheme available for OBC students in undergraduate and postgraduate courses... the National Fellowship for OBCs is only for PhD. There are around 1,042 universities now so 1,000 fellowships mean barely one OBC student will get it," said Gowd Kiran Kumar, president of All India OBC Students Association. [...] All the Post-matric Scholarships, which cover admission and tuition fees and a maintenance allowance till PhD, have also seen a substantial increase in allocation for all categories.