The State Government has come out with a unique scheme for providing grants to the Panchayats in 2012-13, but irregularities in allotment of these funds have come to fore in Shivpuri district.
A scheme in this regard was started from the year 2012-13 by the Panchayat and Rural Development department under the head of performance grant under that provisions were made for the Panchayat chairpersons and Janpad Panchayat chairpersons that they would be provided Rs 1 crore while Janpad chairperson could spend Rs 25 lakh by government for construction works in their constituencies. Under this scheme, the exclusive rights of spending the amount have been provided to district and Janpad Panchayat chairpersons.
In the tenure of outgoing chairman of the District Panchayat Shivpuri – Jitendra Jain Gotu amount of Rs 3-4 crore and a sum of Rs 1 crore were received by the Janpad Panchayats from the government that was used by the chairman in his constituency and green signal was provided willfully for the construction works. He utilized maximum of the performance grant fund in the constituency of his elder brother and then Kolaras MlA and rest of the assembly constituencies of the district were either completely overlooked or negligible fund was given to the Village Panchayats of his liking. Whereas the District Panchayat and Janpad Panchayat are constituted for the constitution of the wards for district and Janpad wards and the fund should be utilized by the elected representatives of the wards.