A scam worth at least Rs 67 crore has been uncovered in Maharashtra, in which non-existent students were allegedly enrolled in a school programme, the Indian Express reported on Friday. An Aadhaar registration drive in Jalgaon region revealed that 8,177 out of 25,922 students on the rolls were untraceable.

These students of the tribal schools existed only on paper, the report said. The Aadhaar registration drive covered 50 state-aided tribal schools. Some of the on roll students were found to be students in Madhya Pradesh or in neighbouring districts, according to a report ...