By Express News Service
GUWAHATI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected large-scale anomalies within the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. In its report of 2020 submitted to the state Assembly on Saturday, the CAG mentioned 215 software program utilities have been added in a haphazard method to the core software program used for updating the doc.
The report mentioned safe software program was wanted for the updation however due course of was not adopted both for the event of software program or the choice of distributors. The report mentioned the ‘improper’ software program growth, associated to information seize and correction, left room for information tampering. The report additional mentioned the challenge price of Rs 288.18 crore escalated to Rs 1,602.66 crore as a result of time overrun.
Over 19 lakh of the three.3 crore candidates have been not noted of the NRC’s “complete draft” printed on August 31, 2018. It was up to date when Prateek Hajela, an IAS officer, was its coordinator. He is now serving outdoors the state.
Hitesh Dev Sarma, who succeeded Hajela, later filed two FIRs with the CID of police and the Vigilance and Anti-corruption Wing alleging corruption and cash laundering by his predecessor.
Sarma on Sunday mentioned he stood vindicated. “I had filed two FIRs… (but) the government did not register the cases. Now that the CAG has detected the anomalies, there cannot be any hurdles in registering the two cases,” mentioned Sarma, who attained superannuation in July. “The government should order re-verification to ensure the names of Indians who were left out are included and those of the foreigners deleted,” he added.
GUWAHATI: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected large-scale anomalies within the updation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. In its report of 2020 submitted to the state Assembly on Saturday, the CAG mentioned 215 software program utilities have been added in a haphazard method to the core software program used for updating the doc.
The report mentioned safe software program was wanted for the updation however due course of was not adopted both for the event of software program or the choice of distributors. The report mentioned the ‘improper’ software program growth, associated to information seize and correction, left room for information tampering. The report additional mentioned the challenge price of Rs 288.18 crore escalated to Rs 1,602.66 crore as a result of time overrun.
Over 19 lakh of the three.3 crore candidates have been not noted of the NRC’s “complete draft” printed on August 31, 2018. It was up to date when Prateek Hajela, an IAS officer, was its coordinator. He is now serving outdoors the state.
Hitesh Dev Sarma, who succeeded Hajela, later filed two FIRs with the CID of police and the Vigilance and Anti-corruption Wing alleging corruption and cash laundering by his predecessor.
Sarma on Sunday mentioned he stood vindicated. “I had filed two FIRs… (but) the government did not register the cases. Now that the CAG has detected the anomalies, there cannot be any hurdles in registering the two cases,” mentioned Sarma, who attained superannuation in July. “The government should order re-verification to ensure the names of Indians who were left out are included and those of the foreigners deleted,” he added.
