Dimapur, October 6 (MExN): A month ago, the Rising People’s Party (RPP) sought “people’s report” on anomalies in implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) pertaining to 2019-20 in Nagaland.
The RPP on Wednesday said it is grateful to the “whistleblowers for furnishing their reports to the party.” In a press release, the party stated that out of the 18 projects highlighted, “only a few seems to be genuine, though the party is yet to receive completion certificates of projects from the department.”
“Regardless of whether the projects have been implemented or not, since the project completion period is already over – of duration 18-24 months, the RPP will file complaints with the appropriate authority,” it stated.
The party alleged that “most of the projects seem to exist in paper only” and said, “This is the horrible state of affairs, an example of how the state government has become so adept at fooling the central government in extracting funds for implementing fake projects for personal benefits.”
Further, “to clear the air” it said though the 18 projects were sanctioned by the Tribal Affairs Ministry, it was implemented by the Planning and Co-ordination Department, the latter being the implementing department till 2020.
According to RPP, projects under ‘Unknown’ category are extremely difficult to verify since it pertains to farming and allied activities.” Even if there has been implementation of projects (from sl. nos. 11-18), it can be safely assumed that the private farms of VIPs have been developed instead. This is illegal because the whole purpose of Tribal Ministry funding is to benefit tribal and poor farmers in the states,” it stated.
Given the circumstances, RPP said, the only conclusion which it can surmise is that the “state government has been guilty of misappropriating money meant for the farmers. In short, Tribal Ministry Funding equals pocket money of ministers and VIPs.”
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