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NeGP being allotted to Sharad Pawar’s son | | | Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 21: After two years of exercise, Government of Jammu & Kashmir is now allotting the ambitious Rs 34 Cr National e-Governance Programme to an Information Technology (IT) company partly owned by the son of veteran Maharashtra politician andUnion Minister of Agriculture and of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Mr Sharad Pawar. Well placed sources in the Department of IT said that a senior coalition leader and a Minister in the UPA government at the centre was pushing hard for issuing allotment of the Mission Mode Project (MMP) of NeGP to the company belonging to a fellow Minister’s son. On Wednesday last, state Cabinet approved the extensive computerization programme that networking of Treasuries under MMP at Rs 34.06 Cr. Detailed Project Report has been made by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and subsequently got approved from the union Ministry of Finance. Phase-I of the program comprises Rs 9 Cr job of computerization of treasuries and is expected to save revenue pilferage of over Rs 300 Cr a year. A number of IT and Telecommunication companies of national and international reputation like Sifi, Reliance, Tulip and Prithvi participated in the competition. However, the company of Mr Pawar’s son emerged as the “first lowest” as it quoted rates 30% less than the nearest competitor. Sources said that some major competitors like Tata Consultancy Services had already moved out during the tendering process for Rs 100 Cr State Data Centre. Majors like Wipro, Airtel, Spanco and Reliance followed the exit.
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