Can donation be faked and at official level? It sounds bizarre but it has happened and not somewhere far off. It has happened in the Agro Industries Corporation which is a State Government Undertaking. And how it happened is nonetheless more bizarre. As a result of serious earthquake of November 2005 that caused large scale damages in the border districts of Kupwara and Uri, the State Government ordered that one day’s salary of all Government and semi-Government employees should be deducted and transferred to relief fund for the victims of this earthquake. The Agro Industries Corporation officially deducted one day’s salary of its 400 strong staff as was done by other departments. But after eight years when the event happened, it has now been found that the deducted amount from the one day salary was never deposited in the treasury. The Managing Director has pleaded that financial condition of the Corporation has been so bad for several years in the past that it at times could not pay the salary of its employees and had almost come to the verge of closure.
This is a reflection on the functioning of the Undertaking and shows that the Government has not even cared to see if the organizations are functioning or not. Other Public Undertaking units too could be afflicted with same malady. The statement given by the Managing Director should be an eye opener for the authorities.
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