By our correspondent
KOCHI, July 14 (IVC) The Jagratha (Vigilant) Commission of the Kerala catholic Bishops” Council (KCBC) has urged the State government to take immediate steps to end the misuse of the scholaships meant for the minorities.
The report of the Comptroller and Accountant General (CAG) laid on the floor of the Kerala Assembly on July 11 found serious irregularities and lapses in the disbursement of the minorities scholarships in Kerala, the statement issued by the secretary of the Commission, Fr Michael Pulickal said.
According to the CAG report, there has been lackadaisical approach in accepting applications and following the regulations in the pre and post-metric scholarship awards in between 2017 and 2022, he added. The statement also claimed that that thousands of applications for scholarship had not been processed while there were instances where more than two students from a family received scholarships.
