Medininagar (Jharkhand), Jan 8 (PTI) Jharkhand Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore on Wednesday said that action will be taken against an outsourcing company engaged in Medininagar Medical College and Hospital in Palamu district for alleged embezzlement by violating an agreement.

The outsourcing company committed a crime by flouting provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2021 and the government will recover the siphoned money, said the minister who inaugurated a police outpost in the hospital premises.

Describing it as an "economic offence", Kishore said the outsourcing company has promised to engage 135 sanitation workers in the 300-bed hospital.

He said that during a recent inspection, it was found that 47 workers engaged by the company were on duty though the attendance register showed the presence of 51.

Such anomaly that reflects "embezzlement of government money" was also found on several other days, the minister said.

The government pays Rs 13 lakh every month to the company, which did not employ 135 workers as per the agreement, he added.

Action will be initiated for recovery of money, he said, directing the officials concerned to begin a probe to find out how much of government money was embezzled so far. PTI COR BS NN

Economic offence: alleged breach of outsourcing agreement prompts probe and recovery action for misapplied public funds. An outsourcing company that agreed in a 2021 Memorandum of Understanding to supply 135 sanitation workers to a 300 bed hospital allegedly provided fewer staff and recorded attendance inconsistent with observations, conduct described as an economic offence and possible embezzlement of government funds. The state directed an administrative probe to quantify the misapplied funds and to initiate measures for recovery of public funds under the outsourcing agreement.