{
  "id": 2248759,
  "title": "Lack Of Administrative Coordination Delays Scooty-Laptop Money; Meritorious Students To Wait Longer Across Madhya Pradesh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/lack-of-administrative-coordination-delays-scooty-laptop-money",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T22:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/lack-of-administrative-coordination-delays-scooty-laptop-money-meritorious-students-to-wait-longer-across-madhya-pradesh"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: The Mukhyamantri Protsahan Yojana, aimed at providing scooties and laptops to meritorious Class 12 students, is facing delays due to a lack of administrative coordination between departments. The issue arose after the state government changed the eligibility criteria last-minute, making the initial data submission by districts largely redundant. Despite districts submitting details of eligible students to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) by the July 31 deadline, the data now needs to be collected and submitted again following the new criteria. Only students securing 70 percent or more marks in Class 12 are eligible for the scooty scheme, while earlier, first-positions in government schools with 60 percent marks were also eligible. The government mandates the upload of complete student details, including bank account information, on the BEMS portal. While some districts have uploaded data, schools in rural areas are still completing the process. The laptop scheme benefits around 1.21 lakh students who scored 75 percent or more in Class 12 board exams.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A lack of coordination between departments and a last-minute change in eligibility criteria have put the implementation of the Mukhyamantri Protsahan Yojana in limbo, with meritorious Class 12 students likely to receive their scooty and laptops late. For scooty despite districts submitting details of eligible students to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}