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Public Accounts Committee moves motion over missing hearing by state secretaries

By Drooid · Oct 16, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC · How we work

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The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by MP K C Venugopal, moved a motion against state secretaries for missing a hearing.
Pre-matric scholarships were delayed up to 48 months and post-matric scholarships up to 89 months.
Some eligible SC students received no scholarship payments at all.
The CAG audit found INR19.98 crore overpaid to 1,29,754 post-matric beneficiaries.
Chief secretaries of seven states, including Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, did not appear.

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Story summary

The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by MP K C Venugopal, moved a motion against state secretaries for missing a hearing.
Pre-matric scholarships were delayed up to 48 months and post-matric scholarships up to 89 months.
Some eligible SC students received no scholarship payments at all.
The CAG audit found INR19.98 crore overpaid to 1,29,754 post-matric beneficiaries.
Chief secretaries of seven states, including Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, did not appear.