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CAG Flags Rs 2.38 Crore in AIIMS Rishikesh Irregularities
AIIMS Rishikesh failed to recover Rs 1.78 crore from a parking and traffic management contractor and paid Rs 60.21 lakh in nursing and dress allowances that the CAG found inadmissible, The Times…
The Story in Brief
AIIMS Rishikesh failed to recover Rs 1.78 crore from a parking and traffic management contractor and paid Rs 60.21 lakh in nursing and dress allowances that the CAG found inadmissible, The Times of India reports. The contractor received a three-year contract in August 2019 at a monthly fee of Rs 9.015 lakh plus taxes. It defaulted from the start, made partial payments for about 2.5 years and left the hospital in October 2022. AIIMS later began legal action and moved to forfeit its Rs 18 lakh security deposit, but had not done so by July 2025.
The allowance payments were made to College of Nursing faculty between April 2018 and March 2023. The audit said the faculty already received academic and resource-learning allowances and did not nurse patients or wear uniforms. The Ministry directed 10 AIIMS institutions, including Rishikesh, to stop the payments and said they had complied.
The Indian Opinion
The easy narrative is that every audit finding proves corruption, while the opposite claim is that these are harmless accounting lapses. Neither fits the facts. A contractor appears to have been allowed to default for years, and the allowance rule was applied despite the faculty’s stated duties. The useful test is recovery, not assurances: whether AIIMS actually secures the Rs 1.78 crore and forfeits the Rs 18 lakh deposit.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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