Ranchi: Soon after state health secretary Kamal Kishore Soan tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, the government gave development commissi.
Probe into mule accounts fraud in Jharkhand Move comes after a survey by rights activists found that the accounts are being allegedly used by middlemen to siphon off MGNREGS funds
A three-member probe team constitutedby the Latehar district administration in Jharkhand visited worksites of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Manika block on Friday after a survey byrights activists found that mule accounts are being allegedly used by middlemen to siphon off MGNREGS funds.
Acting on the directive of Latehar deputy commissioner Abu Imran, the probe teamled by Pankaj Kumar, district rural development agency (DRDA) director, and comprising Latehar Sadar subdivisional magistrate Shekhar Kumar and junior engineer Roushan Kumar inspectedthe doba (small ponds) construction sites in Bhadaibathan panchayat of Manika block.
A survey by rights activists in Jharkhand has detected the presence of mule accounts allegedly used by middlemen to siphon off Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme funds in Latehar district.
Mule accounts are either set up through false paperwork by using a stolen or manipulated identity or belong to a legitimate customer who has allowed criminals to use the account.
The survey carried out under the aegis of NREGA Sahayata Kendra, Latehar, revealed that bank accounts of beneficiaries who have not done any work under the rural job scheme are being used by middlemen in the district to siphon off MGNREGS funds.
State appoints officers to monitor and curb rising Covid cases Daily caseload since mid-March breaks previous year records
The state disaster management authority under the home department has appointed 12 senior IAS officers as nodal officers of 24 districts for daily coordination and monitoring of the Covid-19 situation.
The move, according to officials in the disaster management department, is aimed for better surveillance, monitoring and helping local district administrations to work in tandem to curb the unprecedented rise of Covid cases in the state.
On Friday, Jharkhand witnessed its biggest single day spike and casualties since the outbreak of the virus with 1925 new infections and 17 fatalities.