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Withdraw FIR against our field monitors, verifying agency tells Jharkhand agri dept
July 04, 2023 5:47 am
In an investigation spanning a month-and-a-half and tracking 94 farmers in three blocks in Hazaribagh, The Indian Express had found that for most, benefits were only on paper.
Micro irrigation scheme in Jharkhand: FIR against service provider tasked to verify beneficiaries
June 21, 2023 12:02 pm
Police said the FIR was registered Tuesday based on a complaint by the district agriculture officer (DAO), Hazaribagh, who wrote that Nabcons did not discharge its duties properly.
Irregularities in micro irrigation scheme: Centre seeks report from Jharkhand govt
June 21, 2023 12:03 pm
The Jharkhand government is also conducting an inquiry into the irregularities, while the state’s Agriculture Director has asked the Hazaribagh Agriculture Office to register FIRs against any erring Nabcons employees and private companies.
Irregularities in micro-irrigation scheme: Jharkhand seeks FIRs against private firms, verifying agency
June 21, 2023 12:02 pm
The letter, dated June 9, comes almost three weeks after the department ordered reverification of 12 beneficiaries, and on the same day an investigation by The Indian Express exposed how the scheme’s benefits were not reaching farmers.
Irregularities in Centre’s drip irrigation scheme in Jharkhand: How the Express investigation progressed, what it showed
June 21, 2023 12:02 pm
The investigation found numerous violations — Aadhaar cards were misused to create “ghost” beneficiaries with farmers completely unaware that money was being collected by private companies in their name; brand new equipment was gathering dust; and third-party verification by Nabcons was repeatedly falsified to beat the system.
Express View on Jharkhand investigation: Holes in the net
June 21, 2023 12:04 pm
Investigation into irrigation scheme reveals gaps in identification and targeting of beneficiaries, warrants closer scrutiny
Express impact: Jharkhand govt forms panel to probe irrigation scheme irregularities
June 21, 2023 12:02 pm
In an investigation spanning a month-and-a-half, The Indian Express had visited 94 farmers in one of Jharkhand’s largest blocks — Chouparan in Hazaribagh — and two neighbouring blocks Churchu and Ichak, and found that for most, benefits of the scheme were only on paper
Express Investigation | Irrigation scheme unravels in Jharkhand: Aadhaar misused, funds claimed, farmers clueless
June 21, 2023 11:50 am
Of 94 beneficiaries tracked by Express, just 17 were using per drop-more crop, minister says will act
Irrigation scheme unravels in Jharkhand: A robust verification process — just on paper
June 21, 2023 11:51 am
Express Investigation: The verification process has fallen flat under the watch of the state agriculture department which is now waking up to how it has been rigged by middlemen, who, acting on behalf of companies, enrolled farmers as beneficiaries.
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