Guwahati, April 18 -- Nearly a month after Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma assured that scholarships would be credited "within a day or two," more than 13,000 students in the state remain unpaid, according to education officials.

On March 22, the Chief Minister announced via a post on X that the central government had disbursed the final installment of Rs 85.07 crore under the Post Matric Scholarship for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students for the academic year 2023-24, released through the Umbrella Scheme.

Despite the announcement, the funds have not reached a significant number of beneficiaries. Officials from the Directorate of Higher and Technical Education attributed the delay to a lack of Aadhaar-bank account linkage, now a ma...