Backward students' scholarship: Irregularity of INR 1800 cr. in Maharashtra

Backward students' scholarship: Irregularity of INR 1800 cr. in Maharashtra

Rajkumar Badole, Maharashtra Social Justice Minister, said that there has been irregular disbursement of INR 1,826.87 under the scholarship program meant for the students from the backward classes.The question about the same was raised by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former labour minister Hasan Mushrif in the assembly. In a written reply to a question, Badole said, “An SIT (Special Investigation Team) was formed to investigate the allegations of irregular disbursement of scholarship for OBC students. An audit conducted of 1,704 institutes revealed that the total irregular scholarship disbursement was Rs 1,826.87 cr. of which Rs 96.16 cr. has been recovered.” He further informed that these irregularities were noticed by the SIT in 70 institutes, which are working for the welfare of tribal communities in the state.Of these 70 institutes, two institutes are from the tribal development ministry, 68 are from the social welfare department.“The recovered amount has been deposited in the state treasury. Rest of the amount is being recovered as per legal procedure,” Badole said his reply.

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