Aashwin Shanker, Mumbai Uncensored, 1st August 2021:
RTI activist Anil Galgali has questioned the Maha Vikas Aghadi government on its various unknown expenditures since its inception in 2019, on the same day when our constitution was adopted i.e. 26 November.
Maha Vikas Aghadi Government has spent Rs. 155 crore according to The Directorate General of Information and Public Relations on publicity campaigns in the last 16 months. RTI activist Anil Galgali has asked for the information from the state on various expenditures during the campaign of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government which led to spending of Rs.155 crore.
The information provided by The Directorate General of Information and Public Relations to Anil Galgali was of the expenditure in the last 16 months from 11 December 2019 to 12 March 2021.
This is step by step information of expenditure in 2020.
•Rs. 5.99 crore has been spent on social media.
•Rs. 19.92 crore on National Health Mission
•Rs. 22.65 crore on a special publicity campaign in multiple phases.
•Rs. 6.49 crore has been spent on Maharashtra Urban Development Mission in three phases.
•The Disaster Management Department has spent Rs. 9.42 crore.
•The state health education department has spent Rs. 18.63 crore.
•Rs. 9.99 crore has been spent on the Padam department
•Rs. 20.65 lakh has been spent on the publicity campaign of Shivbhojan.
•Rs. 5.96 crore has been spent on the occasion of Women’s Day for publicity campaigns.
Total expenditure in 2020 was Rs.104.55 crore spent on publicity campaigns of 26 departments.
In the year 2021, 12 departments have spent Rs. 29.79 crore till March 12, 2021.
•Rs. 15.94 crore has been spent on the state health education department
•Rs. 1.88 crore has been spent on Jal Jeevan Mission’s publicity campaign
•Out of Rs. 50 lakh Rs. 48 lakh has been spent on social media for the Minorities Department.
•Rs. 45 lakh has been spent on social media.
•Rs. 20 lakh on Women and Child Development with a cost of Rs. 2.45 crore on social media.
•Total Rs. 3.15 crore has been spent on The public health department out of which Rs.75 lakh has been spent on social media.
“Expenditure made in the name of social media is questionable. Apart from that, the calculation of the expenditure shown under the name of Creativity is giving rise to various doubts,” said Anil Galgali.
In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Anil Galgali had demanded that the government upload the expenditure incurred at the departmental level, the nature of the expenditure, and the name of the beneficiary on the website.
