"During 2011, 34 complaints of various irregularities such as poor quality of food (9), misappropriation (9) and irregularities (16) had been received by this ministry," Minister of State in the HRD Ministry D Purandeswari said.
The minister was responding to a question in Rajya Sabha.
She said that these complaints had been forwarded to the states and Unions Territories (UTs) for further action who had reported that in 21 cases, the complaints had been found to be baseless.
Purandeswari added that action had been taken against erring persons in cases where the complaints had been found correct.
