PATNA: After the successful experiment of hiring 5000 retired soldiers for policing during the last six months, the Bihar government has now drawn an ambitious plan to hire more than 100 retired officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to reinforce its vigilance set-up. The plan to hire professional and experienced investigators from the country's premier investigating agency to give teeth to the anti corruption cell of the state government has been already approved by the concerned departments.
The proposal would be put up for consideration of the state cabinet in its next meeting on August 22. If everything works out as planned, Bihar would become the first state in the country to make use of CBI men on such a large scale after retirement.
The state government has planned to hire a total of 116 former CBI men of which four would be in the rank of SP, 12 deputy SPs and 100 inspectors on a two-year contract. The monthly emoluments worked out for them rank-wise are Rs 35000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 25000 respectively. The estimated annual expenditure would be Rs 2.40 crore.
Home Secretary Afzal Amanullah told DNA that the need to strengthen the anti-corruption wing was felt due to the fact that public funds was being pumped into development schemes across the state through different levels —right from the Panchayat bodies to different departments—and access to large sums of money and the pressure to spend it within pre-determined time period could increase corruption levels.
