About 50,000 government employees in Madhya Pradesh have not received salary for the last six months. It is pointing to a salary scam of Rs 230 crore. According to a report, this may be the biggest pay scam in the state, the special thing is that no formal complaint has been filed in this case so far.
Are only employees on paper?
According to the report, employees who have not received salary are present only in government documents. Actually these people are not working anywhere. These are not only employees, but only 50,000 employees on paper are getting salary. These ghosts can be an employee i.e. fake employees.
How did the whole matter come up?
The matter came to light when on 23 May, the Fund and Accounts Commissioner (CTA) sent a letter to all the Drawing and Diss upersing Officers (DDOS) asking them to investigate the mess. Review of data of regular and irregular employees under the IFMIS system has shown that the salary of several employees has not been released since December 2024. Although their employees are in the code system, their verification is incomplete nor has been removed from the system.
Officers have to report in 15 days
After this, more than 6,000 DDOs of the state have been instructed to check the reality of these employees. They have to respond within 15 days and this period is ending on Friday.
Scam or disturbance?
Fund and Accounts Commissioner Bhaskar Lakskar told NDTV that he regularly checks data and the disturbance came to light during that time. I want to make it clear that salaries have not been withdrawn from these accounts, but this investigation is to prevent potential disturbances or the possibility of corruption.
Finance Minister said this
When NDTV asked State Finance Minister Jagdish Deora why 50,000 employees did not get salary for months? So he became a little uncomfortable and said that whatever process is done, according to the rules.
Why is this matter serious?
This case is very serious as it not only indicates a possible scam of crores of rupees, but also questions the truth and transparency of the government system. If these employees are really on paper only, then it indicates heavy misuse of the state’s sources. Now everyone’s eyes are on this investigation report and the next action of the government.
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