Vigilance to probe ₹31Kcr foodgrain ‘scam’: Amarinder
Thursday, 30/03/2017
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab vigilance bureau will conduct a thorough probe into the ₹31,000-crore alleged scam in foodgrain procurement in the state, chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh said on Wednesday.
He said that his government would get to “the root of the scam” and ensure stringent punishment for the guilty.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the consortium of 33 banks had, last year, refused to provide the Cash Credit Limit (CCL) guarantee to Punjab for purchase of paddy till the foodgrain money was accounted for.
Amarinder Singh told media here on Wednesday that a ‘white paper’ on the state’s poor financial health would soon be made public to fix the accountability. “That would acquaint people with the mismanagement of the decade-long misrule of SAD-BJP government,” he said.
