Punjab Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Minority Welfare Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot today said that "scams" pertaining to various educational institutions have been unearthed during a special audit of the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme.
He said two officials of the department were placed under suspension for "hobnobbing with the scamsters and gross negligence of duty".
In a statement, Dharamsot said Chief Minister Amarinder Singh had on June 16 ordered a special audit of all educational institutions of the state with regard to the Post Matric Scholarship Scheme from 2011-12 to 2016-17.
It is in keeping with these orders that the finance department has been checking records and accounts of the educational institutions and this special audit would be completed in all respects by December 31.
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