88 items, two versions, one missing paper trail
SFI alleges Telangana’s new Gurukul supply contract missed its September 1 start. The government says several essential items were already distributed. The award and delivery records remain unpublished.
The public record has yet to reconcile the two accounts.
The new supply system for Telangana’s Gurukuls has produced 88 items, two competing accounts and, so far, no publicly available award document to settle them.
SFI Telangana alleged that supplies under a new contract had not begun from September 1 and that institutions continued buying through the old system during the month. The allegation concerns food provisions and cleaning materials for welfare institutions. A separate report named the National Federation of Farmers’ Procurement, Processing and Retailing Cooperatives of India Ltd. (NAFCOF) as the contractor, but the award has not been independently confirmed from a government record.
The state government’s own September 19 review adds an awkward footnote. Its release said notebooks, plates, glasses, bowls, spoons, cups, carpets, bedsheets and towels had already been distributed. That may refer to a separate supply stream, or to different categories within the 88 items. The public record does not say which.
What is documented is the tender for 88 food and cleaning items and the state’s centralised procurement framework. What is not documented publicly is the award, NAFCOF’s delivery record, any September authorisation for old-system purchases or district-wise shortages. The contract may have stumbled. The paperwork has not yet got that far.