Large-scale fraud and irregularities have been present in Madhya Pradesh’s government-run diet programme for women and girls, NDTV reported on Sunday, citing a report by state’s accountant common.
The findings of the 36-page audit report, accessed by NDTV, was primarily based on the examination of about 24%, or practically 12 lakh, beneficiaries of the Take Home Ration, a programme underneath which 49.58 lakh youngsters and ladies are registered.
The report alleged that the fraud was dedicated by exaggerating the variety of beneficiaries and flagged irregularities in manufacturing, distribution and high quality management of the scheme.
Yet one other huge rip-off in a BJP dominated State !!!
MP Accountant General discovered large-scale fraud & irregularities within the bold free meals scheme for women & girls
People can really commit frauds in schemes meant to curb malnutrition amongst underprivileged youngsters !
. pic.twitter.com/5qpjWBGScn— Katyusha (@Indian10000000) September 4, 2022
Fake vans and over-the-capacity manufacturing
The report claimed that whereas it was reported that vans had been utilized in six manufacturing vegetation for transporting 1,125.64 metric tons of rations costing Rs 6.94 crore, it was discovered that the automobiles had been registered as bikes, vehicles, auto rickshaws and tankers upon verification of the transport division data, in response to NDTV.
The audit additionally discovered that Rs 141 crore was paid prematurely to the Madhya Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission for establishing seven plants, nevertheless it was not allegedly recovered, reported the Hindustan Times.
The vegetation additionally allegedly manufactured rations past their capability and the report discovered huge distinction between manufacturing and consumption of electrical energy throughout preparation of the meals. The distinction stood at Rs 58 crore, in response to NDTV.
Six vegetation within the areas of Sagar, Badi, Mandla, Dhar, Rewa and Shivpuri mentioned they provided 821 metric tons of rations that price Rs 4.95 crore however didn’t have the capability to supply at such a big scale, the report claimed.
In addition, the report discovered that youngster growth undertaking officers in eight districts allegedly acquired over 97,000 metric tons of rations from these vegetation however solely about 86,000 metric tons had been really despatched, in response to NDTV.
This means that over 10,000 metric tons of rations, costing Rs 62.72 crores, had been allegedly pilfered.
++at 49 Anganwadi centres in eight districts, solely 3 out-of-school ladies had been registered. However, underneath the identical 49 Aanganwadi centres, the WCD division listed 63,748 ladies and claimed to have helped 29,104 of them throughout 2018-21.
— Katyusha (@Indian10000000) September 4, 2022
Fidgety beneficiary numbers
The complete variety of out-of-school ladies eligible for rations between 2018 and 2021 was estimated 9,000 by the School Education Department. However, the Women and Child Development put the numbers at 36.08 lakh, with out reportedly conducting a survey, the information channel reported.
The audit discovered that solely three out-of-school ladies had been registered for the programme in 49 district Anganwadi centres. However, the Women and Child Development listed 63,748 ladies in these 49 centres and claimed they supplied the scheme to 29,104 between 2018 and 2021.
The alleged knowledge manipulation would have led to the falsified distribution of rations value Rs 110.83 crore, in response to NDTV.
No high quality checks
The report additionally discovered that ration samples weren’t despatched for high quality checks outdoors the state as mandated by the scheme, suggesting that the kids and ladies may need acquired poor high quality rations, in response to NDTV.
The authorities additionally didn’t examine Aanganwadi centres throughout 2018-’21, the report claimed, indicating that there was poor security management.
Just clerical errors: Official
Women and Child Development Department’s Additional Chief Secretary Ashok Shah claimed the irregularities in distribution had been clerical errors.
“The transport of THR [Take Home Ration] is talked about by bike, automobile, auto and tanker as an alternative of vans,” Shah instructed the Hindustan Times. “In this regard, it was present in MP Agro’s investigation that the above errors have been made in clerical type.”
He added that the audit report is an interim one and has highlighted issues that had been clerical errors.
Clear indication of fraud, says report
But the report mentioned that the findings clearly present that large-scale fraud had been dedicated “within the identification of beneficiaries, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and high quality management of THR”.
“Audit, due to this fact, recommends GoMP [government of Madhya Pradesh] to analyze these points by means of an unbiased company and repair the accountability of officers in any respect ranges – CDPOs, DPOs, plant officers, and officers who organized for transportation, and so on., and all different officers who had been instantly or not directly concerned in these frauds or facilitated the frauds attributable to their negligence in any respect ranges,” it added.
‘Why not CBI for this?’ asks Opposition
Meanwhile, Opposition leaders have demanded an inquiry by a central company into the alleged rip-off.
“Why not CBI for this?” requested Trinamool Congress chief Babul Supriyo, who was earlier with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury mentioned the impact of the “double-engine” BJP authorities was clear and requested if central companies would take any motion.
FM shouts in Telangana about absence of PM’s photograph in ration outlets distributing subsidised meals!
BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh is embroiled in an enormous rip-off with Modi images underneath CM’s watch!
The ‘double engine’ impact is obvious.
Will central companies act?https://t.co/JAt7gtFDJ0— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) September 4, 2022
Why not CBI for this?
Madhya Pradesh | Large-scale fraud and rip-off Under Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Watch dgtl – Anandabazar https://t.co/hYRuMhgr8e
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) September 4, 2022
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra mentioned that the “BJP [was] doing what it does greatest”.
The Congress tweeted that the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led authorities had earlier conspired to “destroy the way forward for youth” by committing the Vyapam rip-off and was now “killing the rights of poor youngsters and pregnant girls” by means of the most recent alleged corruption scandal.
The Vyapam rip-off pertains to alleged irregularities in varied entrance and recruitment exams performed by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, often known as the Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal, or Vyapam, that got here to mild in 2011.
In its chargesheet, the Central Bureau of Investigation had accused 30 individuals of offences underneath sections associated to conspiracy, forgery and tampering with digital and different documentary proof. In 2019, they had been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment, and the alleged most important conspirator of the rip-off, 29-year-old Pradeep Tyagi, was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
मध्यप्रदेश की शिवराज सरकार पहले व्यापम घोटाला कर युवाओं का भविष्य बर्बाद करने की साजिश रच चुकी है और अब ग़रीब बच्चों और गर्भवती महिलाओं का हक मार रही है, शर्म आनी चाहिए। pic.twitter.com/mQolDK9IvI
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 5, 2022
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