Though the Ministry of Tribal Affairs had already sanctioned Rs 50.42 crore to Mizoram on July 7, 2025, the amount has not yet reached the students
As many as 41,228 students in Mizoram are facing difficulties in receiving their scholarships for the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 academic sessions under the Tribal Scholarship Scheme after the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) government placed the scheme under the SNA-SPARSH Model (Single Nodal Account–System for Pension Administration RAKSHA).
According to the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) youth wing, the problem arose after the Mizoram government, instead of directly implementing the scheme through the Mizoram Scholarship Board, moved it into the SNA-SPARSH system. The shift, they alleged, was done partly due to high pressure from loans un