Of the 9,20,102 data SIM cards supplied under the State government’s scheme to help students attend online classes during COVID-19, 1,10,846 remained undistributed, the Compliance audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for the year ended March 2022, tabled in the Assembly, on Wednesday said.
In January 2021, the government accorded administrative sanction for the procurement of 9.69 lakh data SIM cards for supplying to students studying in institutions coming under the Directorate of Collegiate Education (DCE) (6.12 lakh cards) and Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) (93.58 lakh cards).
