Arunachal CM denies embezzlement of Central fund

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today dismissed allegations of opposition BJP over embezzlement of public funds amounting to more than 900 crore against Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) saying that all the schemes were implemented judiciously.
Responding to a question raised by Congress member Lombo Tayeng during question hour in the Assembly regarding complaint lodged by BJP MLAs against the state government of misappropriation of central funds, Tuki claimed that the government has been maintaining transparency in financial management.
"Almost all the central schemes are in various stages of implementation with full transparency by appointing third party monitoring agencies including NABARD and NeDFI against these schemes," the CM said.

He said there were many allegations from various organizations and the state government not only had clarified each and every query but also referred the status of implementation to state agencies.
When Tayeng asked whether the government got a clean chit from the appropriate authority, the Chief Minister said, "it is up to the authority to decide on the merits and demerits of the allegations".
"There is a system gap between policy execution and fund release," he pointed out.
Referring to the alleged overdraft beyond the prescribed limit with RBI, Tuki said that the government had never violated the financial rules but this year because of delay in fund release by Niti Aayog.

Responding to a supplementary from senior BJP member Japu Deru, the Chief Minister informed that payments were made against all the completed schemes and the fund against ongoing schemes was kept in civil deposit for payment after satisfactory completion of the schemes.