While many MlAs out of the 27 members of the fourteenth State legislative Assembly (2009-14) who have received nearly `27 lakh as advances with an 8 per cent interest under Odisha Ministers’ Motor Car Advance (Amendment) Rules, 2011 framed under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Odisha Ministers’ Salaries and Allowances Act, 1952, have repaid their loan amounts as per guidelines, four of them, including a Minister are yet to repay the same.
This was revealed by the Assembly Public Information Officer (PIO) while complying with a RTI application filed by rights activist Pradip Pradhan.
As per guidelines the members are entitled to get `3 lakh as advance for purchase of conveyance at the rate of 8 per cent interest per annum.
It was revealed that while Women and Child Development Minister Usha Devi had received `1 lakh loan on July 8, 2009 as advances for car, only `45,000 has been recovered from her so far while `55,000 is still pending against her as outstanding with interest.
Similarly, former BJD MlA Ramesh Rout (Athagarh) and Bhagirathi Sethy (Anandpur) are yet to repay the loan completely. Former BJP MlA from G Udayagir has not paid a single rupee against his loan amount of `1 lakh till date, the information revealed.
As per the information, K Rao, RK Chatria, B Kanhar, Manohar Randhari, Kamalakant Naik, Raghuram Padal, Sham Charan Hansda, Kasinath Mallik, Susanta Singh, Subarna Naik, Bijay Kumar Nayak, Rama Chandra Hansda, Ramakanta Seth, Hrushikesh Nayak, Mukunda Sodhi, Pravat Rajan Biswal, Jorge Tirkey, Maoranjan Sethi, Ramamurthy Mutika, Karendra Majhi, Basudev Majhi, Jhina Hikka and Adikanda Sethi have repaid their loan amount with interest.