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Cow conservation scam of Rs 12.39L hits Gopalan department

Jaipur: A scam of Rs 29 lakh has been confirmed in the name of the conservation and promotion plan of Gir, Tharparkar breeds in the Gopalan department. The payment was made to the firm without the permission of the Finance Department. First India News has exposed the scam on March 9 and now the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has accepted in its report that there was a scam.

The amount spent on the plan item is considered suspicious and instructions have been given to recover the amount of Rs 12.39 lakh.

This is the first scam of its kind in the name of cattle promotion in the state. In fact, for the conservation and promotion of cows of the Gir and Tharparkar breed, the cows were inseminated through embryo transfer technique by the Dept of Gopalan. Embryo implantation was done in 150 cows, but only 31 of these cows were successful in pregnancy. But the Gopalan Dept completed the payment to the Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala firm of Rs 28,81,725. While according to the rules, full payment could be made to the firm only if all 150 cows were pregnant. The extent is that the then Gopalan Director Dr. Lal Singh paid Rs 13.69 lakh to the firm on July 29, 2022, which was his last working day despite opposition from the Chief Accounts Officer of the department.

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