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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Armed with RTI ‘proof’, Cong to fight Maya by Maulshree Seth

Armed with RTI ‘proof’, Cong to fight Maya by Maulshree Seth

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published Published on Nov 14, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 14, 2011

While Rahul Gandhi spoke of a woman delivering a baby once a week and 52 times a year in Uttar Pradesh according to the official record of the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) on Monday, Youth Congress men in Lucknow were busy preparing an exhibition of glaring cases of corruption in the scheme at their state office.
 
The exhibition, based on an audit conducted in 12 blocks, is expected to start on Tuesday and will then be taken to district offices of the Youth Congress as well.

It will display cases of corruption and major anomalies found in the official record made available in response to the RTI application which state Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi had filed in Lucknow on April 27 in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.

She was supplied details of 1.62 lakh beneficiaries of Lucknow district, running into about 28,000 pages. Similar information was obtained by Youth Congress workers in other districts. Rahul’s office has constituted a special team which is carrying out verification of the information in 131 Assembly constituencies in central UP.

Under JSY, which is part of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), women going to hospitals for delivery of their babies are paid an incentive of Rs 1,400 in rural areas and Rs 1,000 in urban areas. Sources said some glaring cases are:

* Neelam (26), resident of Tarwa Mahant village of Shravasti, was shown as having delivered babies on three days in a row i.e. October 27, 28 and 29, 2010. She was also shown to have delivered a baby on May 18, 2010. Two times, the name of her husband was mentioned as Rajendra and twice as Dinesh. On spot verification, only one Neelam, wife of Rajendra, was found, who delivered a baby on October 27, 2010.

* Jyoti, wife of Chetram, resident of Jamunahi village in Ikauna block of Shravasti, delivered a baby on February 22, 2011. Three ASHA workers, namely Ram Kumari, Madhvi and Preeti Singh, claimed Rs 2,000 each for the same delivery.

* Ameerun Nisha, resident of Bargadhai village, Inhauna block of district Shravasti, delivered a baby twice in 15 days. Rs 2,000 was drawn in her name first on January 18, 2011 and then again on January 31, 2011.

* Razia Bano, resident of Shipura village in Shivpura block of Balrampur district, first delivered a baby on May 5, 2010 and then delivered a second baby on June 12, 2010.

* In Sitapur, 60-year-old Noor Jahan, wife of Kallu Khan, resident of Shivthan village of Mishrikh block, is shown as a 21-year-old woman who delivered a baby on August 13, 2010. Noor Jahan had actually delivered a baby 17 years back.

A Youth Congress team was busy on Monday compiling data.

One of them said, “Following analysis of the cases that have come to light so far, it can be proved that corruption is taking place in an organised manner under JSY.’’


The Indian Express, 15 November, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Armed-with-RTI--proof---Cong-to-fight-Maya/875985/


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