Director of Other Backward Bahujan Welfare Department, Pune, Praveen Deore, said, “By the end of November, all students should receive the money as their documents are currently under procedure.”
Two schemes namely centrally-sponsored Post-Matric Scholarship to Other Backward Classes (OBC) students and State-funded Post-Matric Scholarship to Vimukt Jati Nomadic Tribes (VJNT) students were taken up for detailed scrutiny in the Performance Audit.
It was found that business rules were not properly mapped in the system, which resulted in instances wherein applications were processed though applicants did not upload vital documents such as income and caste certificates, the report said.
The state government published the list of recipients in mid-October, which was quite late for admission to North American and European universities where the academic year usually starts in September.