While the whole country is debating petrol-ethanol, the bros from Madhya Pradesh have already pulled off what is arguably India's first major ethanol scam, not counting you know who.
There is a govt policy that surplus rice in govt warehouses can be sold to ethanol manufacturers at subsidised rates to prevent it from rotting.
According to a Dainik Bhaskar report, the scam began when some officials allegedly (willingly?) ignored the rules and allocated "newly procured" fortified rice (not even regular rice, but fortified rice) for ethanol production. The rice, bought at a high price (₹4,000 per quintal), was sold at a throwaway price (₹2,320 per quintal) to ethanol plants.
The ethanol plant operators allegedly knew it was fortified rice, so instead of using it to make ethanol, they sold it to rice millers at ₹2,800 per quintal, and instead bought cheap broken rice (₹2,100 per quintal) from the open market for ethanol production, making an overall profit of ₹700 per quintal.
The rice millers allegedly repacked the fortified rice in new gunny bags and supplied it back to the govt as freshly milled rice. The govt paid them milling charges, while the govt supplied paddy they were actually supposed to mill was allegedly sold in the open market for another round of profit.
So the same bag of rice allegedly kept changing hands: govt warehouse to ethanol plant to rice mill to back to govt warehouse. Everyone in the chain allegedly made money.
The MP govt formed an SIT. So far, four people have been arrested and 12 trucks seized. Investigators suspect that up to 50 lakh quintals of govt rice, worth around ₹1,160 crore, may have been diverted through this alleged racket.
This was heartbreaking to watch!
A woman in Aligarh died after stepping into electrified water on her way to her husband's shop.
You will never see a politician die like this - it is always the common citizen !
Pay Lakhs in Taxes and get shit Infrastructure
Corruption in our Country is at Record High!
There is no problem of funds, the intent of Officials, Politicians is missing
>Egypt was all over Argentina, Leading by 2-0 till 80th min
>Bulli tweeted this in support of Ummah
>Argentina scored 2 goals in 5 mins
>Kudrat ka nizaam moment
Pakistan calls Jammu & Kashmir as Azad Kashmir.
Congress Calls Jammu & Kashmir as Azad Kashmir.
Congress and Pakistan: united by terminology ❤️
Wonder what these two are doing right now
Himanshu
- Applied to a few tech companies
- Got rejected by all of them
- Posted a story saying he doesn't know what to do next in life
- His family was surviving on his salary. They must be devastated right now
Sejal Pawar
- Started going to college regularly again
- Her college formed a "committee" that investigated nothing in her case
- Went to watch Argentina vs Jordan
- Got brand deals with Mamaearth
- Now Flipkart has approached her for a "what not to buy" ad
One is struggling just to survive while the other continues living the same lavish life. And people still say a man's life is easy
"Motorists have reported reduced mileage, starting issues, engine knocking, and concerns over moisture contamination in fuel systems."
— Odisha Petrol Dealers Association to Nitin Gadkari