Assam To Re-Verify PM-KISAN Beneficiaries’ List, Orders Probe

Guwahati:

Assam Leader Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday ordered a high-level probe into allegations of irregularities in implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.

Further Leader Secretary Jishnu Barua has been entrusted with the accountability to investigate into the preparation of misguided beneficiary checklist and publish his file inside of one month.

Final week, the opposition Congress had cornered the federal government alleging that the panchayat representatives entrusted to make the checklist of beneficiaries had incorporated names of ineligible other folks, together with their very own members of the family, depriving the actual beneficiaries.

The Congress had requested for a probe by way of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

“Leader Minister Sarbananda Sonowal as of late ordered inquiry In view of allegations in regards to the implementation of the scheme, the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of all districts had been directed to ensure the genuineness of beneficiary lists, correctness of eligibility of beneficiaries, authentication of checking account main points and take a look at duplicity in knowledge access and many others. The DCs had been urged to validate the village sensible beneficiary checklist via circle officials, lot mandals and gaonburhas inside of one month” the Leader Minister’s workplace stated in a commentary.

The DCs had been directed to forestall additional free up of bills underneath the scheme until the preparation of right kind beneficiary checklist with authenticated financial institution accounts after deletion of in doubt entries, the commentary stated.

“We’re going for 100 in step with cent re-verification in all the state of the checklist of beneficiaries. We’ve got already began to do so,” Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora instructed NDTV.

Final week, Assam Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora wrote to Top Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that “severe anomalies and manipulations” had been noticed within the implementation of the scheme in Assam, the place it was once to begin with touted to learn 31 lakh farmers.

In his letter, Mr Bora requested PM Modi at hand over this situation to the CBI “to inquire into main points and to carry to e book the culprits concerned on this rip-off.”

Mr Bora alleged that names of presidency staff and businessmen had been selected to benefit from this scheme. Mr Bora stated there have been a minimum of 22,000 “bogus” names in Assam’s PM Kisan beneficiary checklist.