Maha Overseas Scholarship Students Are Hardhit by Financial Issues, Hunger

Several students, who are studying abroad as part of the Maha Overseas Scholarship scheme, were hardhit by severe financial issues and hunger because of a holdup in releasing the scholarship amount. The two months' scholarship had still not been disbursed to the students, and they were barely surviving on food.

All such students who were doing higher studies abroad were depending on the scholarship for the rest of the living cost, fee payment, and other allowances. But due to the sudden unexpected shortage of funds, there was a holdup in releasing funds, hence, the situation was becoming very critical for them. It was mainly required of them to cut down discretionary expenditure like food items because of which they were complaining of hunger and malnutrition.

One of the students, who did not want to give her name, told us, "It's two months now that we didn't get money. We can hardly survive, and it's affecting our studies. We are concerned about our future and how we will survive."

The students have been approaching the authorities and asking them to take action on priority basis. However, none of their pleas have been attended to, and they remain helpless and frustrated. The delay in sanctioning funds not only impacted their financial condition but also their psychological condition.

The Maha Overseas Scholarship scheme is a plan that is implemented by the government with the objective to support the students who are pursuing their higher education abroad. The scheme offers scholarships to such students who are eligible in order to support them in further pursuing their studies. The recent delay in the transfer of funds has brought the efficiency of the scheme and government intentions towards their students into question.

The students now urge the authorities to act immediately to correct the situation. The government is being asked by the students to release the pending scholarship and ensure that such a delay never happens in the future again. The students will keep protesting until then, hoping their demands are heard and their financial issues resolved.