Lucknow, July 8 -- The Uttar Pradesh government will soon launch a mobile app to make the scholarship process of pre and post matric (Class 10) students online, simple and transparent.

Various state government departments which offer scholarships will send WhatsApp messages and even text messages to communicate with the students.

The government has now decided to give pre-matric, post-matric scholarship and fee reimbursement from October 2 instead of December.

This decision was taken a high-level meeting held on Monday by minority welfare minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, minister of state for social welfare (independent charge) Asim Arun, minister of state for backward classes welfare (independent charge) Narendra Kashyap and minister of s...