Around 200 Bihar officials punished for graft in welfare schemes: Minister
The Hindu
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Around 200 gazetted officers of the Bihar Rural Development Department have been punished with transfers and stoppage of increments for their alleged involvement in massive corruption in welfare schemes, Minister Shravan Kumar said on December 10.
Punitive action against the erring officials was taken in the last few months after widespread malpractices like enrolment of ineligible people and transfer of crores of rupees into bogus accounts under flagship schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (housing) and Har Ghar Nal Ka Jal (piped water connection) came to light in the last few years, the Rural Development Minister said.
"There is no place for corruption in our government. We have initiated departmental action/proceedings against those erring gazetted officers of the Rural Development Officer cadre of the Bihar Public Service Commission, and supervisory officers, for dereliction of duty.
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