Ranchi | Updated: November 17, 2021 07:50 IST According to records of the Department of ST, SC, Minority and Backward Class Welfare, the number of bene\ciaries in Jharkhand dropped from 74,183 in the academic year 2019-20 to 10,338 in 2020-21. Almost a year after an investigation by The Indian Express uncovered a pre-Matric scholarship scam in Jharkhand involving fake beneficiaries, official data shows that the number of beneficiaries of the Centrally-funded scheme for poor minority students reduced by more than 85% in the academic year 2020-21.
During the same period, the number of applicants for the pre-Matric scholarship reduced by only 22% — under the scheme, students of classes 1 to 4 receive Rs 10,700 (those in hostels). Madhya Pradesh CM: ‘Mera naam Shivraj Singh Chouhan hai … small things don’t affect me’ According to records of the Department of ST, SC, Minority and Backward Class Welfare, the number of beneficiaries in Jharkhand dropped from 74,183 in the academic year 2019-20 to 10,338 in 2020-21.
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The Indian Express, in a series of reports last year, found that a nexus of middlemen, officials and school staff colluded to steal IDs and passwords of schools to access the National Scholarship Portal, dupe gullible parents and students, and set up fake beneficiaries. In absolute numbers, the amount spent by the Central government on pre-Matric Boy breaks into tears as his teacher throws birthday party for him.
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K K Soan, Secretary, Department of ST, SC, Minority and Backward Class Welfare, Jharkhand, said: “There has been a sharp reduction in the number of beneficiaries in the pre-Matric scholarship scheme. While ACB is conducting an investigation, the 'I cannot change my caste' department has also started its own process to bring the culprits to book.” In the wake of the scam, the Ministry of Minority Affairs brought out a set of new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to strengthen the system with stringent Beijing-Thimpu speed up border talks: New Delhi's concerns Skincare alert: Habits you need to Authorities said that verification drives have led to “cleaning and, hence, the How Apple’s new Journal app is helping me in my healing journey Bhishma Kumar, Managing Director, Jharkhand State Minority Finance and Development Corporation, said: “Some students may have been left out, but this time largely we have prevented illegal diversion of the amount.
Applications which could not be verified and looked suspicious were largely prevented from getting Moreover, the Ministry of Minority Affairs had written in August this year to make the process even more stringent for the academic year 2021-22. The Ministry asked for mandatory Aadhaar-based “demographic authentication” of Level-1 and Level-2 officers prior to verification of applications by them. 'Dropped by child passenger in cabin': Boy breaks into tears as his teacher throws birthday party for him. now I have no house’: 17 families sand dunes: How Mosquito coil Mrm ‘diverted’ Jet ... ‘Where is the In a letter to Deputy Commissioners of all districts, the Jharkhand State Minorities and Financial Development Corporation ordered that they investigate all instances of corruption in the disbursement of the scholarship amount.