The revelations were made by the Opposition BJP in Bihar legislative council on Monday, which brought an adjournment motion over the issue. "However, in 2016-17, not a single beneficiary student has received any money under these schemes," said Sushil Kumar Modi, leaders of Opposition in Bihar legislative council. "About 2.5 crore students in Bihar are covered under the four aforementioned schemes, which cost about Rs 3,000 crore to the state exchequer." For 2016-17, Rs 1,700 crore was sent to the districts in February this year, though none of it has reached the students yet." Bihar education minister Ashok Choudhary, who was also present in the house, did not make any comment on the matter.

Source: dna March 28, 2017 02:26 UTC