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Delhi Health Secretary Reassigned Amid Alleged ₹700-Crore Procurement Scam
Delhi changed which senior officer is in charge of its health department.
Rupesh Kumar Thakur no longer holds the Health Secretary charge.
Prashant Goyal has been given that work in addition to his other duties.
Goyal has also lost his charge of Food and Civil Supplies.
The change comes while investigators look into an alleged ₹700-crore medical procurement scam.
A complaint said some companies named in a 2024 case were still supplying surgical items to government hospitals.
Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh had asked Thakur for an explanation about that complaint.
Officials did not state that the reshuffle was caused by the investigation.
Rupesh Kumar Thakur was removed from his charge as Delhi Health Secretary in a bureaucratic reshuffle.
Senior officer Prashant Goyal was given additional charge of the health department as Additional Chief Secretary.
Goyal was also divested of his charge as Additional Chief Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies.
The reshuffle comes while the Anti-Corruption Branch is probing an alleged ₹700-crore medicines and medical equipment procurement scam.
Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh had sought an explanation from Thakur over a complaint concerning surgical-item suppliers to government hospitals.
- Who
- Rupesh Kumar Thakur was divested of the Health Secretary charge; Prashant Goyal was given additional charge of the health department.
- What
- A bureaucratic reshuffle reassigned the health department charge.
- Where
- Delhi.
- When
- Officials announced the change on Thursday; no specific date is provided.
- Why
- The reassignment was reported amid an Anti-Corruption Branch probe into an alleged procurement scam, but officials did not state that the probe caused the reshuffle.
Complaint allegations
Officially stated facts
Companies' continued supply
Complaint allegations
A fresh complaint alleged that some of the 13 companies named in a 2024 FIR continued supplying surgical items to government-run hospitals.
Officially stated facts
The article reports that the ACB is probing the alleged procurement scam; it does not provide a response from the companies or confirm the complaint's allegations.
Key facts
- Alleged scam value
- ₹700 crore
- New health department charge
- Prashant Goyal, as Additional Chief Secretary
- Former Health Secretary
- Rupesh Kumar Thakur
- Investigating agency
- Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB)
- Complaint-related FIR
- A 2024 FIR named 13 companies over alleged supply of substandard materials to six government hospitals.
- Minister who sought an explanation
- Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh
- Other charge change
- Goyal was divested of his charge as Additional Chief Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies.
Sources
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