NMC Fails to Deposit 9 Crore in Staff Pension Contributions for 2024-25: Audit Report Reveals Non-Compliance The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has been found to have withheld nearly 9 crore rupees in pension contributions for its employees during the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to an audit conducted by the Office of the Principal Accountant General. The report highlights the civic body’s failure to comply with a state government directive that increased the employer’s contribution under the Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (DCPS) from 10% to 14%. This directive, issued in August 2019, was meant to take effect retrospectively from April 1, 2019, but the NMC did not implement it, leading to a significant shortfall in pension benefits for its staff. The audit, part of the inspection report for 2024-25 (OBS-2223609), identifies 14 major findings against the NMC. The Maharashtra government had mandated the increase in employer contributions through a Finance Department resolution in August 2019. Municipal corporations were instructed in February 2022 to apply the revised rate retrospectively, yet the NMC continued to deduct contributions at the old 10% rate. Ex-corporator Vedprakash Arya alleged that the audit report was not disclosed for months and only surfaced after he filed a Right to Information (RTI) request. He demanded immediate payment of arrears from 2019, including interest, and warned of potential public unrest if the dues remained unpaid. The audit revealed that the NMC contributed 22.46 crore rupees to employees’ pension accounts in 2024-25, whereas it should have deposited 31.45 crore rupees.#nagpur_municipal_corporation #national_pension_system #vedprakash_arya #office_of_principal_accountant_general #defined_contribution_pension_scheme
Nagpur Municipal Corporation Admits Untreated Sewage Pollutes Gosikhurd Dam The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has acknowledged that untreated sewage flowing through the Nag River is contaminating the Gosikhurd Dam, raising significant environmental and public health concerns. This admission came in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query filed by former corporator Vedprakash Arya, which was shared by the NMC’s public health engineering department. The revelation highlights a critical gap in the city’s sewage management system, as treated wastewater continues to be discharged into the same river system the civic body aims to clean. According to documents accessed via the RTI process, Nagpur generates approximately 520 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage. The NMC, in collaboration with the Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT), is currently treating around 423.5 MLD of this wastewater. Of the treated sewage, 320 MLD is being sold to Koradi and Khaparkheda thermal power stations, while the remaining treated water is released back into the Nag River, which flows downstream into Gosikhurd. This practice creates a paradox, as the treated effluent is reintroduced into the river system, undermining the purpose of establishing sewage treatment plants (STPs). The NMC’s records confirm the downstream impact of this pollution but also reveal a glaring oversight: there is no documented health survey conducted by the corporation’s health department to assess the effects of the contamination on communities reliant on Gosikhurd waters. Arya raised serious concerns about the monitoring process, pointing out that water samples were not collected from heavily polluted stretches in east Nagpur. This omission may obscure the river’s true condition.#nagpur_municipal_corporation #nagpur_improvement_trust #nag_river #vedprakash_arya #gosikhurd_dam
