Audit reveals BOAT Mumbai diverted ₹17.3 cr SC/ST grant to pay General quota stipend
The Board of Apprenticeship Training (BOAT), Mumbai used ₹17.34 crore meant for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) apprentices to pay stipends to General-category candidates, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found. The CAG flagged financial and administrative irregularities at several institutions under the education ministry (Hindustan Times/File photo) The findings are part of…