Indian Bureaucrats Under Scanner
Meera Shankar can finally take a deep breath. India has responded to the Indian Ambassador for US’s plea to set a probe on the practise of Indian government officials allegedly receiving bribes from US companies to secure contracts. Departments in fire are some of the most important and prestigious ones of the Indian government, that is, the Indian Navy and Railways, Indian Central Insecticides Board and many others.
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On asking, an official from the Prime Minister’s Office who chose to remain anonymous, exclaimed, “The Department of Personnel and Training has been ordered to look into the matter and it has also been asked to coordinate with the Central Bureau of Investigation.” He added that “One of the reported beneficiaries is the Maharashtra State Electricity Board. There are over 1,000 employees working in it and obviously it is going to take time to zero in on the culprits, if any.”
In the wake of recent developments, the companies listed by the committee have already been fined. Among these are Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Mario Covino of Control Companies and Dow Chemicals.
Leaving no stones unturned, the BJP led NDA party was prompt in accusing the UPA government for their strategy of staying silent for so long calling it “amounts to shielding the corrupt.” Interestingly, most of these deals took place when the Bhajpa government was in power.
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