Strongly rejected the reports regarding embezzlement in post-matric scholarship funds, Punjab Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Minister Sadhu Singh Dharmsot on Tuesday said that these were “baseless and far from truth”.
During the last SAD-BJP government, there were various irregularities regarding post-matric scholarship, and the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had decided in September 2017 to audit the post-matric scholarship by the Finance Department which is being carried out in accordance with the guidelines or criteria of the Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme 2010, said Dharamsot.
He said that this audit or review is still under process and payment is being made as soon as the report of the audit or review of an educational institution is being received by the Department.
“There is no truth in the news in the media that letters had been issued to the educational institutions for recovery,” he said.
At the same time, he clarified that the audit or review is not yet 100 percent complete, but is in process. “About 3600 educational institutes in the State, lakhs of poor Scheduled Caste students are being given the benefit of post-matric scholarship,” he added.