A senior bureaucrat from Maharashtra was transferred just three weeks after he raised concerns about the basis of the price waiver on land for a food park in Nagpur, which was awarded to Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd, was transferred, reported Times of India.
A senior bureaucrat from Maharashtra was reportedly transferred just three weeks after he raised concerns about the land price waiver for a food park in Nagpur, which was awarded to Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd.
A Times of India report citing information obtained through RTI, said that then principal secretary (financial reforms) and currently principal secretary (agriculture), Bijay Kumar, had raised concerns in writing about the basis of the price waiver, last year.
However, Kumar was transferred on April 29, 2016, three weeks after he contested the financial calculations behind the price reduction. While the usual tenure is at least three years, Bijay Kumar's transfer was initiated less than a year and a half into his posting.
Meanwhile, state Chief Minister Devenda Fadnavis said that the entire process was transparent and the allotment followed open bids.
Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) had floated two global tenders (in May and July 2016), but failed to get any bidder. In the third call, MADC has received Patanjali Ayurved as the technically qualified bidder.
MADC has decided to develop agro, food, herbal and forest -based industrial park on a sprawling 230 acres of land in Mihan. The project is part of the company's efforts to develop the Vidarbha region.
Fadnavis who heads the Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC) board defended Kumar's transfer saying, "It was routine and he had been given a posting of his choice."
The report added that though MADC's rate in the area was Rs 1 crore per acre (4,046 square metres), the committee recommended a base price of Rs 25 lakh per acre for a food park. The 230 acres of the land was awarded the sole bidder Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd at the cost of Rs 58.63 crore for a 66-year lease.
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