NEW DELHI, July 9:
Over 1,800 appointments in Central Government departments were allegedly secured on the basis of fake caste certificates, the Lok Sabha was informed today.
The Central Government had undertaken a one time exercise to collect information about appointments secured on the basis of fake or false caste certificates in 2010.
“As per information received from various Ministries or departments etc., 1,832 appointments were allegedly secured on the basis of fake or false caste certificates,” Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.
Disciplinary proceedings has been instituted in all the cases. “It was reported that out of the above 1,832 cases, 276 had resulted in suspension or removal etc., whereas 521 cases were entangled into litigations and in remaining 1,035 cases disciplinary proceedings were initiated,” he said.
Meanwhile, Singh said that all nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the country are safe and can withstand natural calamities like earthquakes and tsunamis, the Government told the Lok Sabha today.
“Following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, safety review of all Indian NPPs was conducted by task forces of NPCIL and the expert committee of AERB (Atomic Energy Regulatory Board),” Singh said in a written reply.
“These safety reviews have confirmed that Indian NPPs plants are safe and have adequate margins and features in design to withstand extreme events like earthquakes and tsunamis,” he said.
“Appropriate bunds are provided at Tarapur, Kalpakkam and Kudankulam sites for shore protection. The shore protection measures are designed and constructed to withstand the possible impact of natural events. Surveillance of these protection measures is carried out periodically,” he said.
He added that the designs of NPPs located in coastal areas take into account the technical parameters related to earthquake, tsunami, storm surges, floods, etc at respective sites and at all NPPs, state of art safety measures are being provided.
“Safety measures include shutdown systems to shutdown the reactor safely, combination of active and passive (systems working on natural phenomenon and not needing motive power or operator system) cooling systems to remove heat from the core of reactor at all times and a robust containment to prevent release of radioactivity in all situations,” he said.
Replying to another question, Singh said the format of caste certificate for Other Backward Class (OBC) has been revised to make it easier for them to get the benefit of the reservation, the Government said today.
Representations were being received from candidates belonging to OBC citing difficulty in getting the benefit of reservation, Singh told Lok Sabha.
Difficulties were being faced as in the caste certificate there was space for mentioning the name of the caste or community but no space was provided for indicating the specific resolution by which the said caste or community has been included in the central list of OBC, he said.
“The issue was examined in consultation with National Commission for Backward Classes and the format of OBC certificate has since been revised,” the Minister said. (PTI)
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