MGNREGA in Todgarh panchayat........
JAIPUR: The social audit of development work under the MGNREGA in Todgarh panchayat, Ajmer, has confirmed the Rs 56-lakh embezzlement found by the district administration in a recent enquiry. The findings were read out at the social audit gram sabha on Thursday.
The Todgarh panchayat is close to Malaton Ki Weir, also in Ajmer, where anomalies amounting to Rs 1.41 crore was uncovered during a special audit last year.
"The scale of fraud being unearthed in the two neighbouring panchayats and the attack on information seekers indicate rampant corruption. We demand an inquiry of the entire block," said Nikhil Dey of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS).
Tej Singh, chairperson of the social audit committee, said while water conservation work had been sanctioned for five years, only Rs 24 lakh had been shown as expenditure by the panchayat for one year and even here, the social audit team found that work worth Rs 1 lakh had actually been done. Irregularities in muster rolls, fake names, work done in places other than where sanctioned were also detected by the team.
Tej Singh also said there is discrepancy in the expenditure shown on wall painting and the actual records. While only Rs 60.19 lakh had been shown on the painting, the actual expenditure in 2009-10 was Rs 1.95 crore.
"The Todgarh audit is significant as it brought out the weaknesses of the social process that is being done by the social audit committee without any technical support or outside' intervention. When Tej Singh got up to read the findings, the additional tehsildar was signalled by the additional CEO of the zilla parishad to read the report. After that, the entire proceedings were conducted by the government officers and not the social audit team members," said Mukesh Goswami of the MKSS.
The social audit gram sabha was attended by members of the MKSS, Suchna Evum Rozgar Ka Adhikar Abhiyan and 14 IAS trainees from the IAS Academy, Mussoorie as observers.
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JAIPUR: The social audit of development work under the MGNREGA in Todgarh panchayat, Ajmer, has confirmed the Rs 56-lakh embezzlement found by the district administration in a recent enquiry. The findings were read out at the social audit gram sabha on Thursday.
The Todgarh panchayat is close to Malaton Ki Weir, also in Ajmer, where anomalies amounting to Rs 1.41 crore was uncovered during a special audit last year.
"The scale of fraud being unearthed in the two neighbouring panchayats and the attack on information seekers indicate rampant corruption. We demand an inquiry of the entire block," said Nikhil Dey of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS).
Tej Singh, chairperson of the social audit committee, said while water conservation work had been sanctioned for five years, only Rs 24 lakh had been shown as expenditure by the panchayat for one year and even here, the social audit team found that work worth Rs 1 lakh had actually been done. Irregularities in muster rolls, fake names, work done in places other than where sanctioned were also detected by the team.
Tej Singh also said there is discrepancy in the expenditure shown on wall painting and the actual records. While only Rs 60.19 lakh had been shown on the painting, the actual expenditure in 2009-10 was Rs 1.95 crore.
"The Todgarh audit is significant as it brought out the weaknesses of the social process that is being done by the social audit committee without any technical support or outside' intervention. When Tej Singh got up to read the findings, the additional tehsildar was signalled by the additional CEO of the zilla parishad to read the report. After that, the entire proceedings were conducted by the government officers and not the social audit team members," said Mukesh Goswami of the MKSS.
The social audit gram sabha was attended by members of the MKSS, Suchna Evum Rozgar Ka Adhikar Abhiyan and 14 IAS trainees from the IAS Academy, Mussoorie as observers.
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