evidence: In the detailed Budget documents put out later in the day, the Budget Estimate for 2024-25 showed that the National Fellowship for OBC students was allocated ₹55 crore compared to ₹57 crore in BE(2023-24) even though the Revised Estimate (23-24) was at ₹90 crore for the scheme. [...] Similarly, under transfers to States and UTs, the Union government allocated less than the previous year for pre and post-matric scholarships to OBCs, Extremely Backward Classes, and Denotified Tribes, which officials said was done to make room for the consequent increase in the allocation under components for scholarships under Top Class Colleges and Schools for these communities. The pre-matric scholarship scheme for OBCs, EBCs, and DNTs saw an allocation of Rs 210 crore in BE(24-25) compared to ₹281 crore in BE(23-24). And in the post-matric scholarship scheme for this group, the allocation in BE(24-25) dropped to ₹921 crore from ₹1,087 crore in BE(23-24).