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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Central Railways denies 'catering scam', says typos in RTI reply led to miscommunication -Mustafa Shaikh

Central Railways denies 'catering scam', says typos in RTI reply led to miscommunication -Mustafa Shaikh

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published Published on May 3, 2017   modified Modified on May 3, 2017
-India Today

Following reports of a catering scam in Central Railways, the department said that the whole case is a mere miscommunication caused by typos in RTI reply.

Central Railways on Tuesday issued a clarification on reports of a scam that alleged its catering department had purchased food products at ten times their MRP, saying typing errors in the RTI reply caused the miscommunication.

Three inspectors involved in making the RTI reply have been suspended.

THE 'MISCOMMUNICATION'

Responding to an RTI filed by an activist Ajay Bose, Central Railways had revealed that food items like 100 gram packets of Amul curd were purchased at Rs 14 crores for around 15,336 units (i.e. Rs 972 per unit). Similarly, refined oil had been purchased at Rs 253 a litre, and tur dal and moong dal were purchased for Rs 157 per kilogram -- which is several times higher than the existing market price. Cold drinks and water bottles were also purchased at prices twenty to thirty times higher than their actual price.

But in its clarification, Central Railways denied any such purchases, saying there were typing errors in the RTI reply, which led to the miscommunication.

Central Railways said that they purchased 58 tins of 15 ltrs each which amounted Rs 72,034. RTI reply suggests that 58 ltrs were purchased for Rs 72,034. Similarly, while Amul Curd purchase is shown as 15,336 cups of 100 gms for Rs 1,49,19,934.32, the actualr purchases were 15,336 cartons with 108 curd cups.

NO STOCK MISMANAGEMENT

On the allegations of stock mismanagement, Central Railways said that the RTI reply suggested that the units offered were more than units purchased, which was again a mistake on the part of people who made the RTI reply. CR claimed that the stock available with the railways was not shown, leading to the confusion.

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India Today, 2 May, 2017, http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/central-railways-catering-scam-typo-rti/1/943585.html


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