Bengal Governor alleges diversion of funds for ‘Maa’ canteen scheme
The Hindu
The budget document emanates that the allocation of ₹100 crore for the scheme was proposed for the 2021-22 fiscal, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on December 18 claimed that he has noticed “unconstitutional diversion of funds” for ‘Maa’ canteen, a project launched by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Government in February to provide subsidised cooked food to the poor.
Citing the State budget document for 2021-22, the Governor said the scheme, was to be operationalised from April 1, the beginning of the current fiscal, with an annual allocation of ₹100 crore, but it was functional from mid-February with “no legitimate” fund.
It has been represented, as also gathered from the public domain, that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched ‘Maa’ canteens for providing subsidised cooked food for poor people at a nominal cost of ₹5 in mid-February, he said.
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