Assam Public Works alleges misappropriation of fund by Wipro Ltd, NRC Directorate

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GUWAHATI: Assam Public Works (APW) has brought serious allegations against M/s Wipro Limited (System Integrator) and the NRC Directorate for misappropriation of a huge amount of public money in the NRC update.

In an FIR lodged in Paltan Bazar Police Station in Guwahati against the NRC Directorate and Wipro Limited, APW alleged that Wipro Limited submitted a bill amounting to Rs 1.27 crore for procurement of 'Oracle Standard One Edition' and 'Oracle Intelligence Server Enterprise Edition and the amount was paid during February-August, 2017. "However, as per the ground report of the National Institute of Smart Governance submitted to the office of the Accountant General, Assam no such system was installed and used for the updation of NRC in Assam. The amount was cleared by the NRC Directorate by indulging in conspiracy and mutual understanding with Wipro Limited as revealed from the report," the FIR said.

"…another conspiracy which has come to light after the report of the accountant audit is a submission of false generator purchase bills before the audit. Those were shown to be installed after purchasing the same at 2500 NSKs. Wipro Limited submitted a bill of 1-2 KVA sets of generators which were shown to be purchased and installed at 2,500 NSKs around the state of Assam each amounting to Rs 93,964. Accordingly, an amount of Rs 34.76 crore was released to Wipro Ltd for the installation of 37,000 generators. However, on-field inquiry the auditor at some NSKs came to know that the generators were not purchased by hired. Moreover, the market price of the hired generators is also not Rs 93,964 only as submitted in bills but is Rs 35,000 each. It clearly indicates the involvement of the NRC Directorate with Wipro Limited causing a huge amount of loss to the government exchequer," the FIR added.

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