- The division will should spend Rs 1800 crore in 40 days
- Rs 2700 crore obtained in monetary yr 2025-26, solely Rs 900 crore spent
Rakesh Yadav
Lucknow. The budget session of the state authorities is happening lately. During this budget session happening in Vidhan Bhavan, budget will be allotted to the departments to implement the plans ready for the growth of the state. Many departments haven’t but been capable of spend the budget allotted in the final monetary yr. Prison division can be one of them. A budget of about Rs 2700 crore was allotted to this division in the monetary yr 2025-26. The division has been capable of spend solely Rs 900 crore two months earlier than the finish of the monetary yr. The division has to spend Rs 1800 crore in the remaining 40 days. For a division which spends solely Rs 900 crore in 10 months, spending Rs 1800 crore in 40 days will be a minimum of a problem. There is a worry that this cash will be spent on misappropriation and looting.
According to the info obtained from departmental officers, an quantity of about Rs 2700 crore was allotted to the state prison division for the monetary yr 2025-26 for the operation of jails, meals for prisoners, safety gear and different gadgets. In this, Rs 65 crore was allotted for set up of trendy gear in jails and their upkeep, about Rs 15 crore for the buy of uncooked materials and spices for manufacturing in the industries operating in the jails of the state, and about Rs 1300 crore for the building and upkeep of jails.
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Sources say that out of the quantity of about Rs 2700 crore allotted for 10 months and 13 days for the monetary yr 2025-26, the division has been capable of spend solely Rs 900 crore. In the remaining 40 days, the division is left to spend a enormous quantity of Rs 1800 crore. If sources are to be believed, the jail authorities allocate 5 p.c of the budget for upkeep and modernization. Along with this, there may be a worry that the outstanding quantity will be misappropriated in the bills incurred on purchases, building work, upkeep and different gadgets. There is theory that the enormous quantity of outstanding budget cash was not spent solely on embezzlement and fee-searching for. In the previous, the Prison Headquarters had additionally obtained complaints of spending the budget by making full cost with out getting any work accomplished in jails like Bulandshahr, Central Jail Fatehgarh and so forth., however until now no motion has been taken by the Prison Headquarters. Rather, further budget was once more given to these jails. On the different hand, when an try was made to speak to Principal Secretary Prison Anil Garg in this regard, he couldn’t be contacted.
Even after spending crores, officers should not capable of cease the absconders.
To maintain the safety preparations of the jails of the state tight, the state authorities allocates crores of rupees of funds to the division yearly. At the time of the incident, the state-of-the-art gear put in at a price of crores was discovered faulty. The escape of 4 prisoners from Kannauj and Ayodhya jails appears to substantiate this reality. To control the jails of the state, a video wall has been constructed at the prison headquarters at a price of crores. These gear have turn out to be mere objects of magnificence for the division. Senior officers of the division have been seen avoiding saying something on this critical situation.