Students, covered under scholarship scheme, now enrolled in the State-run and private institutes or colleges or universities have been asked to submit their scholarship forms online by December 31 to the social welfare department. Dehradun district social welfare officer Anurag Shankhdhar said this on Monday. He further stated that in the last financial year 2015-16, a total of 13, 030 students of Scheduled Caste, 10, 506 of Scheduled Tribes and 4900 of Other Backward Classes had been given scholarship by the department. “Students, selected for the reserved seats in educational institutions- both government and private- are given scholarship to enable them to pay their tuition fees. Such funds are directly transferred in their bank accounts. SC/ST students whose annual family income is less or equal to Rs 2.5 lakh are entitled to the scholarship whereas for the OBC students, the annual family income is less than or equal to Rs one lakh,” he added.