Inspection Reveals Serving Kerala Officials Getting Rs 1,600 Social Welfare Pension
NDTV
In Kerala, there are around six million (60 lakh) people who get a monthly social welfare pension.
A detailed inspection done over the way the Kerala government's monthly Rs 1,600 social welfare pension is being distributed has revealed that the amount is also being taken by at least 1,458 serving government officials including Gazetted officers.
According to estimates, a sum of Rs 23 lakh has been used to pay even the serving government officials.
These shocking details surfaced when the Finance Department asked for an inspection to look into this and on perusal it has surfaced that serving government officials are among those who are currently getting the Rs 1,600 monthly social welfare pension which should ideally go to the needy, down-trodden and the under-privileged.
