Nearly 2,000 marriage records in Odisha manipulated to claim welfare aid: report

Nearly 2,000 instances of alleged manipulation of marriage records to fraudulently claim marriage assistance under the Nirman Shramik scheme have come to light during an audit of the funds of the Odisha Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board.

The draft audit report on the ‘Implementation of PAReSHRAM and Nirman Shramik Portal in the State’ is expected to be part of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Audit report for 2024-2025.

A day earlier, based on the findings of the same audit report, The Hindu reported on how 2,487 construction workers were declared dead and their nominees were paid death assistance, even though the workers continued to draw subsidised foodgrain under the National Food Security Act and the State Food Security Scheme after their recorded deaths.