Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) supporting corruption: Grievance and Response from PMO: Even Bluffed to PMO

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) supporting corruption: Grievance and Response from PMO: Even Bluffed to PMO

Registration Number : PMOPG/E/2017/0571990
Name Of Complainant : Bhoj Raj Singh
Date of Receipt : 29 Oct 2017
Received by : Prime Ministers Office
Forwarded to : ICAR Delhi
Contact Address : Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, 110001
Grievance Description :

To, The PM of India Subject: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) supporting corruption, reg. Respected Sir, I wrote dozens of time to DG ICAR and Honourable minister of ICAR through proper channel but of no avail. The matter is of rampant corruption and supporting the corruption at the top levels. Sir, as Director CCS NIAH I ordered testing of the quality of foot and mouth disease-FMD- vaccine used under an ambitious program of Govt of India FMD-CP running with thousands of crore rupees since last 14 years but without any impact on disease spread. In testing the vaccines were found to be substandard in 2014 and reported in the first week of November. But corrupt lobby ordered the retesting of the disputed FMD vaccine batches found substandard in my report on 5th November 2014.

The committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. Gaya Prasad, then ADG AH ICAR to retest the same batches and samples. The committee ordered retesting of FMD vaccine samples taken from the disputed firms directly by the people not knowing the sampling and not authorized to collect the samples, instead of retesting of the legally collected samples available both at CCSNIAH, Baghpat and archived at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bangaluru campus, or testing of the samples collected legally from other places. For retesting Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, a laboratory, and place not authorized to test FMD vaccine by DCGI, was selected as the venue of the FMD vaccine re-testing with apparent malefic intentions. The illegally collected FMD vaccine samples were tested at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar between 23-11-2014 to 06-02-2015 and Indian Veterinary Research Institute submitted report thrice on 29-12-2014; 06-01-2015 and 07-02-2015 that is two reports were submitted before completion of the testing. Reality is that samples never brought for testing and reports were forged. Dr. Gaya Prasad submitted the final report on the basis of so-called testing on 12 January 2015, that is 25 days ahead of the completion of the so-called FMD vaccine testing. The report was submitted to High Court, Lucknow, bench saying that it was accepted by the Council. However, council replied to me that the committee report is still under inquiry. From High Court, the same report was made available to IIL, Hyderabad but has not been given to me either on my requests or on my RTIs. On the basis of which IIL has filed a case against me, CCSNIAH, Baghpat, and Secretary, Agriculture, New Delhi at Civil Court Hyderabad). The formulator of the committee, DDG AS and the Chairman of the committee to forge the fake report in support of producers of low-quality vaccine, both have been rewarded to benefit the producers of substandard vaccines by the post of Vice Chancellors and Expert in the Committee Dr. B Pattnaik is Director of ICAR-PDFMD despite doing embezzlement, charge-sheeted for forgery and facing a personal criminal case for doing forgery and I was made to resign within a week of my truthful report. Sir, I request an early inquiry preferably by CBI to expose all involved in maligning the image of your honest government and siphoning the public money into their own accounts, please. Sincerely yours BR Singh

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Date of Action : 21 Nov 2017
Details :

Most of the matter in the grievance raised by Dr. B.R. Singh are not pertaining to IVRI. The response of the Institute on issues pertaining to IVRI part of the grievance is given as under: 

1. Issue raised: For retesting Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, a laboratory, and place not authorized to test FMD vaccine by DCGI, was selected as the venue of the FMD vaccine re- testing with approval malefic intention. Response of the Institute: The Indian Veterinary Research Institute, izatnagar or Mukteswar has been Designated as CDL for testing of veterinary Biologicals as per Drugs Cosmetics Act 1940 (photocopy of the page attached) 2. Issue raised: The illegally collected FMD vaccine samples were tested at Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar between 23-11.2014 to 06-02-2015 and Indian Veterinary Research Institute submitted report thrice on 29.12.2014; 0601.2015 and 07.02.2015 that is two reports were submitted before completion of the testing. Reality is that samples never brought for testing and reports were forged. Response of the Institute: Total 16 samples comprised of 10 old FMD vaccine batches (vaccine batches tested at CCSNIAH by Dr BR Singh) and 06 Fresh batches were collected by the team approved by the competent authority. Initially all 10 old batches (batches tested at CCSNIAH by Dr BR Singh) were tested for sterility and results were communicated to Chairman, Enquiry Committee on 29.12.17. The sterility testing of 06 fresh batches were conducted in second phase and results of 05 batches were submitted on 06.01.15. The one batch was doubtful, therefore, sterility test on all remaining vials of doubtful batch was conducted and results were submitted on 07.02.15. Therefore, the issues raised by Dr BR Singh are baseless, hypothetical and not true.

The Indian Veterinary Research Institute, once again bluffed PMO by submitting an ancient outdated  document.