More than 7000 plans below five lakhs
The Madhesh government's plan to circumvent the parliament has been made public. The Ministry of Finance has published a 302-page plan under five lakhs on its website.
All these schemes are locked in the Scheme Information System (PLMBS). However, the red book presented by the government to the parliament and distributed to the MPs was not included. The government has uploaded it on the website after all-round protests.
In Madhesh, there are 220 schemes under one thousand rupees, while there are more than 7 thousand schemes under five lakh. It is seen that there is a plan ranging from 4 lakh 98 thousand to 1 thousand rupees. Although the title of the scheme is important, the amount is only 1000.
In the plans that have not been put in the red book by the government, funds are allocated at the rate of 1/1 thousand for construction of school buildings, upgrading, construction and upgrading of dharamshala, construction of unfinished buildings, construction of boundary walls. The Ministry of Education and Culture has allocated Rs 1,000 for the establishment of a veterinary college and research center at Simraungadh in Bara.
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism has allocated Rs 1,000 for the construction of Sita Circuit. The Ministry has already prepared a DPR for this. Similarly, 1/1000 rupees has been allocated for the construction of provincial economic zone, development of adventure tourism in Madhesh province. The Ministry has already prepared the DPR for these projects.
A task force was formed to investigate the matter after the parliamentarians of the opposition party were disrupting the state assembly meeting saying that the middleman was dominating the budget. During the monitoring, the working group found that the plans that were made available to the members of the provincial assembly and made public and entered in the budget information system were different.
6 members of the opposition party in the working group said that only the plans in the red book should be kept and the rest of the plans should be scrapped. After that, the MPs of the opposition party boycotted the state assembly meeting. In the absence of opposition parties, the government has also passed the budget.
State Assembly member Upendra Mahato said that the government has kept only 1,000 to transfer the funds. The government has already sold the plan equivalent to the budget sale by taking a commission. "The minister and the government kept on keeping close plans," he said, "Then they have kept only 1,000 and brought the plan. Later, the money will be transferred and increased. Kanish Patel, another state assembly member, objected to the intention of the government.
Finance Minister Sunil Kumar Yadav admitted that the government did not put the plan of less than five lakhs in the Red Book because of media and criticism. However, defending the government, he said that the federal government is also practicing this practice. He asked the member of the state assembly that the plan of less than five lakhs was honestly received and it was not hidden.
This has not been a cover-up. This is done only to organize the book. The next day, the media would comment negatively on this matter, for that we have taken such a step," said Finance Minister Yadav.
