Aviation scam: Praful Patel appears before ED in connection with PMLA case

His statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and he is expected to face a series of questions

Previous common flight pastor and NCP pioneer Praful Patel Monday showed up before the ED regarding a tax evasion test identified with misfortunes endured via Air India as a component of an affirmed multi-crore avionics trick, authorities said. Patel showed up before the office around 10:30 am here, they said.His proclamation will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and he is relied upon to confront a progression of inquiries.

The case rises up out of a criminal grumbling enlisted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for supposed abnormalities in fixing air openings for global aircrafts that purportedly prompted misfortunes for Air India, the national aeronautics carrier. Praful Patel, 62, has additionally been named in an ongoing charge sheet recorded by the government office under the steady gaze of a court as an individual known to supposed avionics lobbyist Deepak Talwar, captured by the ED at some point back.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) pioneer, who was responsible for the common flying service somewhere in the range of 2004 and 2011, has not been referenced as a charged in the case. Sources had revealed to PTI that the ED had just scrutinized various individuals in the senior administration of the state-possessed aircraft and the aeronautics ministry. Patel, a Rajya Sabha MP, was relied upon to be tested about the announcements and disclosures made by Talwar, authorities said…

Aadhaar mess up: Maharashtra govt freezes farm loan waiver to reverify beneficiaries

The government expects to complete the verification by November 15

The Maharashtra government has frozen its farm loan waiver to reverify beneficiaries after names of 100 farmers were found to be linked to a single Aadhaar number.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis convened a meeting with the State Level Banking Committee as well as the IT department to fix the problem and a new list of beneficiaries of the farm loan waiver scheme has been sent to banks on who have been authorised to release funds immediately.

The government expects to complete reverification by November 15. It had earlier aimed at disbursing money by October-end.

When a loan waiver was announced by the UPA government in 2008, money was transferred to banks without any scrutiny and the implementation took 18 months, while his government released funds within three months, he said in a PTI report.

"However, we realised that around one lakh bank accounts had same Aadhar numbers. So the data had to be cleaned. But a new list has been released and we have deposited Rs 4,000 crore in the central account of ICICI Bank and they have been authorised to release the funds immediately," Fadnavis told PTI.( economy policy)

To a query on farmer suicides, Fadnavis said suicides are taking place for the last twenty years, and to prevent them, his government has increased the investment in the sector three-fold, which has led to the agriculture growth to reach 12.5 per cent from the earlier negative growth.

Applications of who have received the money won’t face scrutiny, Mungantiwar said.