Government has taken steps to address the issue of timely disbursement of scholarships, opening of bank accounts and inadequate time limit for submission of applications for scholarship schemes implemented by Ministry of Minority Affairs. According to an official release, this follows representations from Minority Organizations from time to time in this regard.

Action taken to address these problems include introduction of Online Scholarship Management System for Merit-cum-Means based scholarship scheme, extension of time limit for submission of fresh as well as renewal applications and stricter monitoring of scholarship schemes.