loP: Big scam would be unearthed soon
leader of Opposition in the state assembly said that neglecting suggestions by ‘expressing disagreement’ of experts of committee formed to strengthen the e-tendering system proves that big scam would be unearthed soon.The e-tendering scam has impacted Narendra Modi’s digital India campaign and people have lost confidence over the process. Before the implementation of e-tendering process the policy makers have created loop holes for tweaking the system easily. The experts provided making provisions which could have made the system free from any invasion by anyone but these suggestions were neglected knowingly to make or break the system easier. Ajay Singh said that he would write letter to the Prime Minister as on one other the government boasts of digital India and on the other hand surfacing of scams through Information Technology would shattered the confidence of people on technology. He further added that such large scale scams were never reported when the processes were manually done which have been reported it the e-tendering system.
NABARD to give Rs 21K cr to MP govt in the current financial year
A senior official of National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD) on Sunday said that NABARD would give Rs 21,000 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government in the current financial year. Talking to media persons here, NABARD's Chief General Manager SK Bansal said, "NABARD's NPAs are zero. It is the only institution in the country without NPAs." NABARD would lend Rs 21,000 crore to the Madhya Pradesh government in FY 2018-19, out of which Rs 4,000 crore would be for irrigation, roads and infrastructure in rural areas, Rs 3,000 crore for Civil Supplies Corporation and MP State Cooperative Marketing Federation limited (Markfed), Rs 10,000 crore to cooperative banks for the purpose of agricultural credit, and Rs 4,000 crore to commercial and cooperative banks for investment in the agriculture sector, he said. In the last three years, NABARD has given Rs 2,000 crore every year to the Madhya Pradesh government for works related to roads, bridges and irrigation among other things, Bansal said.
Family of 5 killed in road mishap
Five members of a family, including three children, were today killed when a truck collided with their car near Aliganj village in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district. "The family members of Ashiq Mansoori, a resident of Pipariya in Hoshangabad district, were returning today afternoon from their native Udaipura town after celebrating Eid when the accident occurred," said Bareli Police Station in charge SS Mukati. He said that six persons were travelling in the car and only one woman survived, but with grievous injuries. The driver of the car died on the spot and three children and one woman died while being moved to hospital, Mukati said. A case has been registered and efforts were on to nab the truck driver who fled the scene, he said.
construction work started by water minister
Minister for Public Relations, Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Narottam Mishra performed bhoomi-poojan of construction works related to irrigation at village Sindhvari of Datia district costing Rs 36 lakh. He informed villagers that around one dozen villages will get sufficient water from Semai Minor Canal. Besides, Mishra urged labourers and artisans to avail benefit of Mukhyamantri Jan-Kalyan (Sambal) Yojana. He informed that registered persons will get benefit of free medical treatment up to Rs 5 lakh, financial assistance on untimely death, financial assistance during pregnancy and monthly electricity bill at the flat rate of Rs 200 under the scheme. Member of legislative Assembly Ghanshyam Pironiya and other public representatives were present in the programme.