news details |
|
|
| 4 months on Govt tightlipped on Health Insurance Scam | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 24: Four months have passed since the Governor scrapped the Health Insurance Policy for more than five lakh state government employees- terming it fraudulent. However, till date no accountability has been fixed and official has been brought to the book for committing this fraud.
The government in September last year issued the order stating that the policy has been tied with M/s Reliance General Health Insurance Company Ltd on an annual premium of Rs 8,777 and Rs 22,229 (for employees and pensioners respectively). After initial criticism over awarding of contract, Reliance General Insurance also issued a statement claiming that the company won the contract after a "rigorous and transparent competitive tender process".
However, on October 26 Governor Administration cancelled the Group Mediclaim Health Insurance Scheme for employees in the state.
"I have ordered termination of the Jammu and Kashmir Group Medical Insurance Policy of Government employees after going into roots of the case, which turned out to be `full of frauds.' Formal orders to this effect will be issued in the next two days," Malik told media when asked by the interviewer about the Policy running into Rs 20,000 cr to Rs 25,000 cr.
He said the Government hadn't even called the tenders for the policy and a front company was floated by the officers to call the tenders, which were not uploaded on the Government website.
"The amount was changed to suit the company. The tender was opened on holiday. I went to root of the case to find out which officers were involved…how much amount was involved. More employees were added to the policy to raise the amount," the Governor said in a serious indictment of the Finance Department, which was responsible for implementation of the Policy.
Malik said he called the officers involved and when the fraud was established, "I spoke to the Chief Secretary and directed for immediately scrapping the contract with the Insurance company".
However, people are questioning the stoic and questionable silence adopted by the Governor administration over whether any action has been taken against the culprits who "fraudulently" made the Governor to approve the scheme.
The government has so far been reluctant to reveal the amount that has been deducted from the employees for the benefit of the insurance company. There are also questions being raised over why aren't the names of guilty in this case made public when the governor himself is convinced that something really grave has happened which merited the scraping of the scheme. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
