Kanpur: The district administration has decided to recover the funds from ineligible beneficiaries who had obtained financial assistance under various government schemes.
The district administration recently unearthed a Rs 5.80 crore scam in which several ineligible beneficiaries had pocketed the government grants.
The ineligible beneficiaries received funds under the marriage grant and Parivarik Labh Yojana.
District magistrate Alok Tiwari has directed the chief development officer to recover the funds from ineligible beneficiaries by issuing recovery certificates.
According to the district administration sources, a sum of Rs 1.87 crore had been usurped in the marriage grant scheme being run by the social welfare department, backward class welfare department and minorities welfare department.
A sum of Rs 3.93 crore was disbursed among ineligible beneficiaries under the Parivarik Labh Yojana .
The district administration sources said the matter came to light by the social welfare department when during the verification, ineligible beneficiaries were not found at the given addresses.
As many as 1,106 beneficiaries were not found at the given addresses for Parivarik Labh Yojna.
Similarly, under marriage grants, as many as 702 beneficiaries were not found at the given addresses.
The district magistrate has asked for the list of verification officers who had verified the forms.
District magistrate Alok Tiwari said the action to be taken for recovery of funds would be decided by the chief development officer.
The bank accounts of ineligible beneficiaries could be seized as the money was transferred to their bank accounts.
Meanwhile, a committee headed by ADM (civil Supplies) Basant Agarwal, is sorting out the names of officials who had verified the bona fide of ineligible beneficiaries .
The forms are being minutely observed to spot the lekhpals who had made ineligible persons eligible for the funds, the source further said.