Home Ministry earns Rs 1.4 crore by selling scrap including 3 lakh files

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) under Amit Shah has said that it earned Rs 1.41 crore by selling scrap as part of a cleanliness drive. The ministry said that over ninety thousand square feet of space was freed up during a cleanliness drive -- Special Campaign 2.0 -- conducted in October.

The MHA said that the special cleanliness drive was conducted at 11,559 sites including the field and outstation offices having a public interface.

It said, during the campaign, a total of 5.15 lakh files were identified for review within the Ministry and its attached and subordinate offices. "Out of these, 4.77 lakh files have been reviewed and 2.81 lakh files have been weeded out."


"Scrap disposal earnings of Rs. 1,40,99,510 have been reported so far. 90,525 square feet of space has also been freed," the MHA's statement mentioned.

In the campaign, the Ministry said that pendency in various categories such as "MP References, Parliamentary Assurances, IMC References, State Government References, PMO References, Public Grievances and PG Appeals were also disposed off efficiently".

The Ministry also stated that during the preparatory phase of Special Campaign 2.0, a total of 5,126 public grievances and appeals were identified for redressal, out of which 4,708 public grievances and appeals have been redressed effectively.

Special Campaign 2.0 was organized by the MHA from October 2 to 31 in accordance with the vision of Swachh Bharat mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Meanwhile, as part of the campaign, the Union government has earned Rs 254.2 crore from scrap disposal.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh share this information last month. Singh said, 3,05,268 public grievances have been redressed, 5,416 references from Members of Parliament replied and 588 rules eased during the period.


The Central government Special Campaign 2.0 was conducted from October 2 to October 31.