CBI to Investigate scholarship scam
Rs.100-150 Crore Scam in Education Sector
This one is the Latest Education Scam in India. The CBI will
investigate the multi-crore scholarship scam in the Education Department. Chief
Minister Jai Ram Thakur had earlier assured that the matter would be thoroughly
probed and could be handed over to the CBI. The scam was unearthed following
reports that students of government schools in Spiti had not been paid
scholarships for the past five years. Preliminary
inquiry revealed that Rs 100-150 crore was involved in the mega scam.
“Ineligible candidates were given admissions and fake bank accounts were opened
for the payment of scholarships, but the scam remained hidden as the people,
who created the online portal for amount disbursement and those who actually
transferred the money, were the same,” Secretary (Education) Arun Kumar Sharma
said.
FAKE BANK ACCOUNTS WERE OPENED
■The scholarship scam was
unearthed two months ago.
■ Ineligible candidates
were given admissions and fake bank accounts were opened.
■There are reports of
discrimination in releasing the amount at the departmental level.
■ Some employees dealing
with the matter have been shifted, it is learnt.
“The
scam remained hidden as the people, who created the online portal for amount
disbursement and those who actually transferred the money, were the same”,
said by Arun Kumar Sharma, SECY(EDUCATION).
Some employees dealing with the matter have
been shifted,” sources in the Education Department said. The discrepancy came
to light during the review of various schemes of the Education Department.
Cabinet Minister Ram Lal Markanda, who is also the Lahaul-Spiti MLA, took up
the matter with government officials. Taking serious note of the complaints,
the government directed the Director, Higher Education, to probe whether the
schemes had been adequately publicised and the beneficiaries were aware of
these and those who got the scholarships were genuine scholars covered under
the respective schemes.
Source: The Tribune
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