Shimla
In Himachal Pradesh, a case has come to light of the former chairman and retired IAS officer of Real Estate Development Authority (RERA) distributing apples to IAS and IPS officers of various states of the country from the government treasury. In such a situation, the government is going to investigate this matter. Technical Education Minister Rajesh Dharmani says that it will be investigated.
He says that it is not right to distribute apples to IAS and IPS of other states from the government treasury. If apples are to be distributed, then they should be distributed with your own money. It is being told that the former chairman distributed 49 apple boxes from the government treasury while in his post in the year 2022, whereas according to the rules, the government treasury cannot be used for this.
There is no such provision. It has been distributed to the officers by purchasing it from the government undertaking Himachal Pradesh Horticulture State Marketing and Processing Corporation (HPMC). Most of the officers in it are from Rajasthan. 49 apple boxes of 20 kg each were purchased from HPMC. Which will now be investigated.