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TS Government Made A Strong Enquiry On ESI Medicine Scam

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TS Government has started a fundamental enquiry into the claimed “multi-crore” scam in the supply of drugs to dispensaries and ESI , a senior authority said Thursday. The State government’s watchfulness and requirement (V&E) wing had prior led an enquiry into the claims that no appropriate qualification criteria was trailed by the Director, Insurance Medical Services (DIMS), Hyderabad in the determination of firms for supply of meds. 

The wing, which recorded a report in March this year, found that medications were purchased at over the top costs, in “infringement” of the acquirement methodology and the e-delicate procedures. The test was directed over the agreements given to firms for supply of medications to dispensaries and the ESI (Employees State Insurance) 2016-17 and 2017-18. The wing had prescribed to start disciplinary activity against the errant authorities. A fundamental enquiry is going on. 

The records are being checked. The enquiry is with respect to buy of drugs. ACB is investigating it, a senior ACB authority told a main news entry. According to the discoveries of report, no Drug Procurement Committee was shaped by the Director, DIMS, for investigation of necessity of medications and meds toward the start of the year. The prescriptions not provided by the Rate Contract (RC) firms and those excluded in the RC rundown were privately acquired without shaping any Local Purchase Committee, which is compulsory, the report said. Delicate Scrutiny Committee was not made by the DIMS to character bidders through the pre-offered process. 

The authorities have neglected to recognize the qualified firms, and thus, the citations were acknowledged from a few firms which have a place with a solitary family with minor variety in costs, it noted. It very well may be comprehended that the authorities have purposely educated not many chosen firms for buying meds without giving wide exposure through media for favoring specific firms other than delicate enquiries were not distributed on the division’s site. 

Just specific firms were educated over telephone to submit citations, according to the discoveries. It is additionally seen that specific medications are obtained from the non-RC firms at higher rate when contrasted with the RC, the report said including “it is obviously comprehended that the authorities have bought drugs at a cost of their will and wish through Local Purchase without considering the market cost and thinking about of Rate Contract value along these lines making misfortune the administration ex-chequer.” According to the report, the authorities
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