On account of the low budget releases by the Telangana government, its own Minorities Welfare Department (MWD) has been forced to leave a large amount unspent at the end of the financial year 2014-15.
As a result, students are the one who suffered the most after eagerly waiting for funds by way of the fee reimbursement scheme. Those who wanted to avail loans offered to minorities under the bankable schemes had to put up with this as well. The scheme hands out loans of upto Rs 1 lakh to beneficiaries.
The Urdu Academy too had a similar fate. Sources from the academy said that of the Rs 22 crore allocated, only Rs 3 crore was released. “The allocation was also for construction of Shaadikhanas, among other things. We have not received the remaining amount,” said an official on the condition of anonymity.
Officials said that the government is insisting that the funds, especially for the Shaadi Mubarak scheme, will be utilised by green channel, which means the funds can be used well into the next financial year and would not lapse, they reasoned.