Embezzlement of 150 crores in Lucknow Municipal Corporation, officers digested EPF of employees
लखनऊ नगर निगम में 150 करोड़ का गबन, कर्मचारियों का EPF हजम कर गए अधिकारी
In the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (Lucknow Municipal Corporation), the game of EPF scam (EPF Scam) of the employees was being executed in a vicious manner for 12 years with the connivance of the contractors and officers.
Funds were being withdrawn in the name of EPF of 10,000 employees of the Municipal Corporation, but were not being deposited in their accounts. The amount of this fund was being distributed among the contractors and officers. This came to light when the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization started an investigation from 2011. According to the information received, the matter of embezzlement of EPF amount of more than 150 crores is coming to the fore. Municipal officials are now not giving documents to EPFO for detailed investigation.
The scope of EPF scam in Lucknow Municipal Corporation has now increased considerably. Earlier there was a scam only in the EPF of the sweepers, but now large scale scams have come to the fore in many other departments as well. Let us tell you that since 2011, the EPF scam was going on in the Municipal Corporation. From 2011 to 2022, EPF accounts of 98 employees were not opened at all. Even in those who have opened, the EPF amount has not been received. Municipal Corporation is continuously paying EPF to the contractors.
The Lucknow Municipal Corporation is making 13 additional payments towards the EPF of the employees. While 12 concerned outsourcing company had to deposit in the PF account of the employees. Total 25 amount was to be deposited in EPF account. 3.25 ESIC also pays Municipal Corporation. Outsourcing companies were to deposit 0.75 per cent ESIC. The one who didn’t deposit.
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has reached to the bottom of this scam in the Municipal Corporation. In the year 2011 till now, it had asked for all the documents of the outsourcing companies, contractors and organizations working in the corporation till April 14. But if not given in the Municipal Corporation, once again the final notice has been sent on 12th July.
Since 2011, 35 agencies are working in the health department of Lucknow Municipal Corporation. At present, more than two dozen organizations are working. The second number is the garbage disposal department. Drivers, cleaners and sweepers have also been kept here. On the third number is the Horticulture Department of the Municipal Corporation. The organizations are responsible for the maintenance of 500 parks.
Lucknow Municipal Corporation’s Accounts Officer Nandram Kuril told that the EPFO has asked for the details. The department heads of all the departments have been asked to provide its details, but so far no department has given the information.
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