Focus to remain on fight against corruption, black money: Minister

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Rituparna Kakati | 09 Nov, 2017
Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi said on Thursday that the government is totally committed to bring transparency in the system since transparency is key to controlling corruption and black money.

The minister said this while briefing the media about the initiatives taken by the WCD Ministry in promoting transparency, e-governance, preventing leakages in the system as well as eliminating areas of corruption.

She stated that the WCD Ministry was the first Ministry to start procurement through the GEM Portal and today the entire procurement, from a pencil to a computer, is done through this portal. Even hiring of some of the services is being undertaken on this portal.

She said that the WCD Ministry works with a number of NGOs under various schemes.

"In order to streamline the process of receipt of proposals as well as disbursal of funds, the Ministry has created an NGO portal and each and every NGO has to apply only through this portal. This portal is also linked to the Darpan portal of Niti Aayog," she added.

The Minister also highlighted the steps taken under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme, Public Finances Management System, CARINGS website under CARA

Gandhi also gave details of other important measures taken to promote transparency and improve management of finances like implementation of e-office in the WCD Ministry, 87% recovery of loans of Rashtriya Mahila Kosh, having a strong grievances redressal mechanism, physical check of Child Care Institutions among others.