Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Poor mobile network in far-flung areas, depriving students from registering on the National Scholarship Portal (NSP), pupils switching schools without informing, or those of nomadic communities moving with their families, are some of the reasons for pending cases of National Means-Cum-Merit Scholarship (NMMS) in Madhya Pradesh.

The scheme provides selected government school students from Classes 9 to 12 with a Rs 12,000 scholarship per year. According to the NMMS office, there are 2,000-2,500 pending scholarship cases in the state since 2018.

A senior officer said other common issues include discrepancies between a student’s Aadhaar and bank account name, or the Aadhaar not being linked to the account. These factors also add to the pendency. The Rajya Shiksha Ke

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