Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Monday said the government has recommended a special audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General in all districts of the State after the Opposition alleged irregularities in health schemes. He said the State government has distributed ₹87.60 crore under the Mukhyamantri Muft Ilaaj Yojana and the National Health Mission from 2014 to 2017, of which only ₹40.89 crore was spent.
‘Strict action’
“If any irregularity is found, strict action would be initiated against the officials concerned. Apart from this, all civil surgeons have been directed to purchase online products available on GeM portal of the Central government,” he said.
‘Charge misleading’
Mr. Vij said the allegations levelled by Indian National Lok Dal MP Dushyant Chautala regarding irregularities in the purchase of medicine were baseless and misleading. He said from 2014 to 2017, ₹75 crore were distributed under the MukhyamantriMuft Ilaaj Yojana, of which ₹33.03 crore were spent. Similarly, ₹12.60 crore were distributed under the National Health Mission during this period, of which ₹7.86 crore were spent, he added.
Minimum bid
Presenting documents of the tender pertaining to purchase undertaken in Rohtak, he said a committee had been constituted for this purpose and the tender was allotted to the bid with minimum value.
Mr. Vij added that the civil surgeon, Fatehabad, had purchased 2,000 triple layer sterilised mask through e-tendering, which costs ₹4.90 per mask, but the 1,000 mask mentioned by the INLD leader were common mask which costs about 95 paise per mask.
