CAG points out anomalies in Backward Region Grant Fund caused by laxity
LUCKNOW: Yet another Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) finding has detected gross anomalies, this time in the performance audit of the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF), hinting towards financial...
View ArticleRs 40 crore sanctioned for solar power streetlights
LUCKNOW: State government has sanctioned nearly Rs 40 crore for installation of solar powered street lights in Uttar Pradesh. Chief secretary Jawed Usmani, who was presiding over a review meeting on...
View ArticleGovernment-appointed panel submits report on Backward Region Grant Fund...
LUCKNOW: The committee set up by the government to find out the extent of financial bungling in the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) scheme has submitted its report to the chief minister. The report...
View ArticleBackward region grant fund spent recklessly in UP
LUCKNOW: The Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) was spent recklessly in Uttar Pradesh. The state government made financial sanctions and granted administrative approval for taking up works at...
View Article'Thirty two backward dists may get Central funds'
New Delhi: A move is afoot to include 32 districts in the economically backward regions to make them eligible for Central funds, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Panchayati Raj Minister V...
View Article32 more backward districts may get Central funds: V Kishore Chandra Deo
Tweet NEW DELHI: A move is afoot to include 32 districts in the economically backward regions to make them eligible for Central funds, the Rajya Sabha was informed today. Panchayati Raj Minister V...
View ArticleMLA LAD funds: Delhi BJP demands judicial probe into bungling
New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Wednesday demanded a judicial probe into alleged irregularities in spending of over Rs 400 crore by government agencies between 2008-11 under the Member of Legislative...
View ArticleUP govt makes e-tendering must in mining
After talking about IT initiatives for four months, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally succeeded in adding a feather to its cap by making e-tendering compulsory for giving mining contracts. While...
View ArticleState cabinet clears financial restructuring of power corp
LUCKNOW: The UP cabinet on Wednesday approved new sugar policy and restructuring of financial model for purchase of power. The new sugar policy paves way for opening of more mills in the state by the...
View Article70 IAS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet LUCKNOW: In a major administrative reshuffle in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday transferred as many as 70 IAS officers, including 32 district magistrates and...
View ArticleSulabh International accused of Rs 9.3 crore irregularities
Officials of Sulabh International, an NGO which constructed toilets in 25 districts of the state under Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme (ICLS), and some government officials have been accused by...
View ArticleSulabh accused of Rs 9.3 crore irregularities
Officials of Sulabh International, an NGO which constructed toilets in 25 districts of the state under Integrated Low Cost Sanitation Scheme (ICLS), and some government officials have been accused by...
View ArticleGovt eyes food security, shifts focus to traditional crops
LUCKNOW: Traditional crops have once again made their presence felt, be it because of their nutritional values or awareness pertaining to a healthy lifestyle. Waking up to the prevailing trend, the UP...
View ArticleRs 225 crore for renovation of five roads
PATNA: The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday sanctioned a sum of Rs 225.58 crore for the renovation of five existing roads in different districts and construction of a two-lane bridge on the Burhi Gandak in...
View ArticleRural engineering department scam: Pending works continued in new financial...
LUCKNOW: If every new scam highlights unique ways in which funds are misappropriated, Uttar Pradesh's rural engineering department (Red) has proved it is no different. For a department that has no...
View ArticleRs 9.6cr released for new colleges in 32 districts
ALLAHABAD: Aiming to give a push to higher studies in streams of Arts, Science and Commerce, the state government has released Rs 9.60 crore for setting up of 48 self-financed degree colleges in the...
View ArticleHeat wave kills 16 in UP
Tweet Lucknow, June 18 (IANS) The unabated heat wave in Uttar Pradesh has claimed 16 lives since Sunday, officials said. At least 11 people died of extreme heat conditions in the parched Bundelkhand...
View ArticleOver 100 IPS officers transferred in UP
Lucknow: In yet another reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred more than 100 IPS officers including DGs and police chiefs of several districts. Director General, PAC, Dev Raj Nagar has...
View ArticleCM asks Centre to release backward region grant fund arrears
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has written to Prime Minister requesting release of Rs 578.45...
View ArticleCentre hikes backward region grant fund entitlement of UP
Tweet New Delhi, May 16 (ANI): The Central Government has increased the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) entitlement of Uttar Pradesh from 667 crore rupees to 818.17 crore rupees in 2013-14. The...
View ArticleCentre to provide more funds to UP's backward districts
LUCKNOW: The panchayatiraj ministry has increased the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) entitlement of UP from Rs 667 crore last year to Rs 818.17 crore in 2013-14. The ministry has also asked the...
View ArticleUP lays down norms to implement backward region grant funds
LUCKNOW: The state government has laid down new norms for the implementation of Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) scheme. Taking a strong note of the fact that the previous government changed BRGF...
View ArticleNo sign of Rs 400cr under scheme for backward region
LUCKNOW: Development of backward districts in the state has hit a roadblock as Uttar Pradesh continues to wait for Rs 400 crore under the Government of India's Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) scheme...
View ArticleGovt to carry out probe of Backward Region Grant Fund anomalies
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government would start a departmental probe into BRGF anomalies to find out the extent of financial bungling before it hands over the case to the Economic Offences Wing...
View ArticleMadhusudan Mistry forms panel under Union ministers to address woes
LUCKNOW: In order to mitigate the problems of the party workers in the state at the block level and district level, AICC general secretary and in charge of UP unit, MadhusudanMistry has allotted...
View ArticleEmployement plan to hit self-help groups
LUCKNOW: Over 1.25 lakh self help groups of UP formed under Swarnajayanti Gram SwarozgarYojna (SGSY) will be rendered helpless as Centre plans to 're-structure' and 'redesign' Swarnajayanti Gram...
View ArticleState's reply to CAG on Backward Region Grant Fund anomalies today
LUCKNOW: The state government will give its reply to observations made by the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) about gross anomalies in implementation of the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) during...
View ArticleCentre yet to give Backward Regions Grant Fund money: Panchayati raj minister
BHUBANESWAR: Panchayati raj minister Kalpataru Das on Tuesday said development work under...
View Article6 cities to benefit from grants for roads
LUCKNOW: Keen to give the much needed fillip to road development in the state ahead of Lok Sabha elections, the UP government has decided to provide road development funds under 'Nagariya Sadak...
View ArticleTreasure trove found at Bundelkhand
LUCKNOW: While the Archaeological Survey of India is yet to stumble upon tonnes of gold in Unnao district's Daundiya Kheda village, the department of mineral and mines has found a treasure trove of...
View ArticleBRGF: Probe begins into anomalies during Mayawati rule
LUCKNOW: The government has started "reviewing" the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF) projects completed during Mayawati's regime. In case financial anomalies are found, the projects will be handed...
View ArticleProbe on NREGS anomalies indicts ex-DM, CDO
LUCKNOW: Preliminary report into National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) anomalies in Mirzapur has been submitted by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) to the state government. The report...
View ArticleNo CBI probe into NREGS anomalies: Akhilesh
LUCKNOW: It's rather unusual of political arch rivals chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and his predecessor Mayawati to share a viewpoint, but on Union minister of rural development Jairam Ramesh's...
View ArticleMayawati's memorials under CAG lens
NEW DELHI: In what could be another setback for BSP chief and former UP chief minister Mayawati, the Comptroller and Auditor General has started an audit of all memorials built under her stewardship....
View ArticleAllahabad high court orders CBI probe into NREGA anomalies in UP
LUCKNOW: A Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into allegations of financial irregularities in MGNREGS in seven districts of...
View ArticleCBI files FIR in five UP districts for anomalies in MNREGS
LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday registered FIRs in five districts for anomalies in the implementation of centrally funded Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee...
View ArticleSamajwadi Party government files SLP against CBI probe in MGNREGS anomalies
LUCKNOW: A fortnight after the CBI began registering FIRs in the anomalous implementation of MGNREGS in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party government on Thursday filed a special leave petition in the...
View ArticleTwo men burnt alive, another shot at
LUCKNOW: A group of armed men burnt two men alive in a car and shot dead a third because of old enmity in Shikohabad area of Ferozabad district on Tuesday. A youth accompanying the victims escaped the...
View ArticleRs 3,000 crore for roads in rural UP: Jairam Ramesh
LUCKNOW: After a gap of four years, roads in rural areas of the state will get a facelift under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). Centre has sanctioned more than Rs 3,000 crore for...
View ArticleTreasure trove of metals, minerals worth Rs 4,000 crore found in Bundelkhand
LUCKNOW: While the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is yet to stumble upon gold in Unnao district's Daundiya Kheda village, the department of mineral and mines has found a treasure trove of metals...
View ArticleElection results 2014: NOTA tally in Sambhal exceeds victory margin, breaches...
LUCKNOW: As little as 0.7% voters (5,92,211) in Uttar Pradesh decided to refuse all the candidates in the poll fray in the 16th Lok Sabha elections from UP, and instead of electing any representative,...
View ArticleCAG report points out anomalies in management of 2013 Kumbh mela
LUCKNOW: The Comptroller and Auditor General's report has pointed out serious anomalies in the management of Kumbh Mela 2013, highlighting that 59 per cent construction work and 19 per cent supplies...
View ArticleCost of memorials by Mayawati shot 1000% in 5 years: CAG
LUCKNOW: The cost of construction of four memorials conceptualized and ordered by BSP supremo Mayawati went up by close to 1000% in five years, during her tenure as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister...
View ArticleRs 450 cr under Bundelkhand package lies idle
The Bundelkhand package for Uttar Pradesh may be high on the agenda of every political party. However, the state Krishi Utpadan Rajya Mandi Parishad has failed to utilise more than Rs 450 crore under...
View ArticleStray incidents in UP polls, 51 pc turnout
Lucknow: Amidst stray incidents, nearly 51 per cent votes were polled in the fourth and last phase of three-tier urban local body elections in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh. State Election Commissioner...
View ArticleUttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav presents 'populist' budget keeping in mind...
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday presented a Rs 23,913 crore deficit budget for the state for 2013-14 at Rs 2,21,201.19 crore. The 'populist' budget has been tabled...
View ArticleAkhilesh Yadav present populist budget keeping in mind 2014 Lok Sabha elections
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday presented a Rs 23,913 crore deficit budget for the state for 2013-14 at Rs 2,21,201.19 crore. The 'populist' budget has been tabled...
View ArticleBSP misused rural engineering department to bleed UP blue, states CAG report
LUCKNOW: For a party that claimed the rural masses were its biggest vote bank, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government in Uttar Pradesh not only crippled the state's rural health set up with the...
View ArticleCWG scam: CAG report slams SAI
CHENNAI: The 19th Commonwealth Games held in 2010 in New Delhi were treated as 'common wealth' of the Sports Authority of India by the Union ministry of youth affairs and sports, an audit report of the...
View ArticleMajor bureaucratic reshuffle in UP, 56 IAS officers shifted
Lucknow: In a major administrative reshuffle, Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday transferred 56 IAS officers including district magistrates of Ghaziabad, Meerut and 24 other places. District...
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