Indian ministry flags minority scholarship fraud, CBI to penetrate 830 organizations: Report

New DelhiEdited By: Manas JoshiUpdated: Aug 20, 2023, 08:47 PM IST File picture of CBI Photograph:(Zee News Network) Story highlightsThis is being reported as ‘most significant minority scholarship fraud’ in the nation. The questions by the ministry has actually brought to the fore corruption in 830 organizations In a huge discovery in India, about 53 percent of organizations which are active under the federal government’s minority scholarship program have actually been discovered to be ‘phony’, stated numerous media reports. The findings have actually apparently been acquired in a internal query which was carried out by Ministry of Minority Affairs. This is being reported as ‘greatest minority scholarship rip-off’ in the nation. The questions by the ministry has actually brought to the fore corruption in 830 such organizations. It is being promoted to be a rip-off amounting to more than 17 million United States dollars (Rs 144.83 crore), reported India Today. Union Minister Smriti Irani has actually sent out the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). According to the report, the Ministry of Minority Affairs has actually lodged a grievance in the matter. The grievance was lodged on July 10. The internal questions included examination in 100 districts throughout 34 states. An overall of 1572 organizations were supposedly scrut
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