Centralised procurement for residential schools resulting in huge corruption, alleges BRS
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has accused the Congress Government of a ₹500 crore scam related to centralised procurement for residential schools. Allegations include corruption in the procurement of groceries and furniture, with claims that the new system favors private contractors over local traders. The BRS has raised concerns about the quality of supplies and the exclusion of small businesses from the procurement process.
- ▪BRS alleges a ₹500 crore scam in centralised procurement for residential schools.
- ▪The new procurement system is said to favor private contractors and exclude small traders.
- ▪Concerns have been raised about the quality of supplies being procured under the new system.
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HYDERABADThe Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has alleged a ₹500 crore scam in the centralised procurement of groceries, furniture and other material for SC, ST, BC, Minorities and other Residential Schools, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas and Model Schools.In an open letter addressed to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, BRS MLC and official spokesperson Dasoju Sravan said on Saturday that the Congress Government had introduced centralised procurement under the aegis of State-level project monitoring unit head by the Social Welfare Secretary after scrapping the previous system of district level procurement by a district procurement committee headed by District Collectors.The State-level procurement had unveiled centralised corruption with the government bigwigs eyeing huge kick-backs.
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