DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PAYING HUGE AMOUNT OF CONSULTANCY FOR VARIOUS SCHEMES OF THE RDD.

Department of rural development government of India has taken over 250 consultants on contract basis for departmental works under it's various schemes and programmes such as MANRESA, Mission Antyodya, National social assistance programme, National rural infrastructure development agency, Rural housing, National rural livelihood, Mission Deen Dayal Upadhyaya grameen Kaushlya yojana and the others. As for as many of these 250 plus coming from the external agencies including four big consultant firms and where in annual expenditure of rupee 302 crore is incurred on these consultants as per the report received under the RTI issued by the Indian Express on 3-11-2024 . It is further reported by the Union finance ministry which is responsible for the budget allocations that for all these departments there is a huge discrepancy in payments cleared, being made to these consultants in the various departments and the top six departments which includes Health and family welfare 203 consultants, Rural development 166 Agriculture and farmers welfare 149 , Ministry of housing and urban administration 147,Women and child development 112,Road Transport and Highways 99 . Independent consultants and domain experts appointed by the Ministries and departments could be paid at the rate of rupee one lac to four lac per month to these consultants and now the department of Finance has demanded a meaningful discussion on the captioned subject of these discrepancies occurred in the range of paid emoluments etc etc as per report issued by the Indian Express on 3-11-2024.