Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Paanwala googles, unveils Rs 1-cr scam

A newly e-literate village paanwala’s obsession with Google has blown the lid off a unique NREGS scam in Porbandar. The motley bunch of beneficiaries include affluent NRIs, doctors, government officials, teachers and well-off farmers — all shown as unemployed village labourers holding NREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) job cards. So far, the money siphoned off comes to nearly Rs 1 crore. 

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