Even though Punjab has 33 per cent SC population, the state government has not cared to disburse funds under the Post Matric Scholarship for SC students scheme for 2016-17 and 2017-18, Chugh alleged. “Due to the apathetic and insensitive attitude of the government, thousands of SC students have been forced to leave studies midway. The state government is playing with future of SC students. “The Union minister informed me that the Union government sent funds to the state government for the years 2016-17 and 2017-18. But the state government has not sent utilisation certificates regarding the Rs 1,286-crore it received for the scheme,” he said.
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