Men deliver babies to claim BPL aid

Udaipur: July 24, 2011

Men in this Rajasthan district can deliver babies. Surprised? This is the claim of ahealth centre. The local health department has unearthed a scam at Gogunda Community Health Centre in Kotda town, where at least 32 men are recorded to have delivered babies, a senior official probing the scam said. The pregnancy assistants of the centre allegedly provided false delivery details to obtain government aid meant for BPL pregnant women under the central scheme, Janani Suraksha Yojana.

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