CAG REPORT: Corruption in the assistance given for funeral in MP, given crores of rupees to loved ones

State Bureau, Naiduniya, Bhopal (MP Sambal Yojana). Many disturbances have come to light in the Chief Minister Jan Kalyan (Sambal) scheme implemented for unorganized sector workers. Instead of giving benefits of the scheme to many characters, the employees distributed the money. Deposited crores of rupees in the names of himself and relatives.

Under the Sambal Yojana, Rs 5 thousand funeral assistance, Rs 2 lakh general death assistance, Rs 4 lakh accident death assistance, Rs 1 lakh partial disabled assistance and Rs 2 lakh permanent disability assistance are provided for workers.

67.40 lakh workers excluded

67.40 lakh workers were out of the scheme by calling them ineligible. If verified, the reason for the ineligible of 14.34 lakhs was not given in it. Many more such disturbances were revealed in the report submitted on the table in the assembly on Monday by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

2.18 crore people were registered under the scheme

The CAG first found that 2.18 crore people were registered in the scheme without obtaining age in the scheme and confirmation of eligibility for registration as unorganized workers. In the verification of eligibility made in June 2019, 67.40 lakh workers were declared ineligible on two and a half acres of land, government service, taxpayer and other basis.

An irregular payment of Rs 1.14 crore was made due to the involvement of ineligible people. Grace aid was also disturbed. According to the CAG report, the Chief Executive Officer of Sendhwa and Rajpur Janpad Panchayat of Barwani district deposited Rs 77.97 lakh through 23 transactions, including the names and bank accounts of Assistant Grade two employees and other unrelated persons of Pushpendra Yadav.

Submitted in four people account

Pushpendra Yadav was working as a accountant in Rajpur and then Sendhwa district panchayat till January 2020. In both the district panchayats, the District Panchayat Nidhi, Gram Panchayat Building, Election, Rashtriya Family Assistance, Madhyahan Food, Basti Development Scheme and Batti Development Scheme and bank account were withdrawn Rs 1.69 crore and deposited in the accounts of Pushpendra Yadav and four other persons. Similarly, grace was given even after the death of the river drowning in the river, the fire in the house and the snake bite, even after the death was given, it was not an idea of ​​it.

72.60 lakh rupees paid

Funeral assistance and grace amount was paid in the name of such workers, which were not registered as unorganized workers, that is, the details of the dead beneficiary were not verified. The beneficiaries of Sambal Yojana also paid Rs 72.60 lakh in national family assistance.

Assistance given without FIR

There should be an FIR with the application for grace assistance but in many cases it was not supported. They should have been given assistance of two lakh rupees as a case of normal death, but it was given at four lakhs. This made more payment of Rs 1.72 crore.

Somewhere double payment, payment of payment of people registered after death came to light in the investigation, it was also found that the registered unorganized laborer or his successor was not paid despite eligibility.

In such a situation, the character did not get assistance of Rs 2.20 crore. The government was asked to investigate and take action against the guilty officers and employees, but what happened later was not told.