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Nagaland pays Rs 24 crore annually to 'bogus' teachers |
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Kohima, Mar 2 (PTI) Over Rs 24 crore is drained out annually from the Nagaland exchequer for paying salaries to "bogus and physically unavailable" teachers, an investigation by the state vigilance commission has revealed.
Reports of the special investigation team (SIT) under the vigilance commission submitted to the government on February 26 has unearthed as many as 1,156 bogus teachers and 1,096 cases of appointments made under "doubtful circumstances".
Moreover, as many as 1,084 teachers were physically unavailable for verification, chief secretary Lalthara disclosed today quoting those reports.
Conservative estimates showed that the government has to pay over Rs 2 crore monthly to the combined strength of 1,156 bogus teachers and 1,084 physically unavailable teachers at the average rate of Rs 9,000 per month to each one of them, he said.
"So, the annual wastage was over Rs 24 crore.
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