{"id":75801,"date":"2017-07-03T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org\/?p=75801"},"modified":"2017-07-03T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:16:13","slug":"aparna-yadavs-ngo-given-86-sp-govt-cow-welfare-grant-rti-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=75801","title":{"rendered":"Aparna Yadav\u2019s NGO given 86% of SP govt. cow welfare grant: RTI | The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-body-14269002-19202434\" class=\"_hoverrDone\">\n<p>Nearly 86% of the grant sanctioned by the Samajwadi Party (SP) government for organisations working for cow welfare in Uttar Pradesh went to an NGO run by the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s sister-in-law Aparna Yadav, an RTI reply has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>To a query by activist Nutan Thakur, the U.P. Gau Sewa Aayog replied that from 2012 to 2017, it sanctioned \u20b99.66 crore, of which \u20b98.35 crore (86.4%) went to Jeev Ashraya, the NGO run by Aparna Yadav.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Aparna is the wife of Prateek Yadav, the step-brother of Mr. Akhilesh Yadav. Her NGO runs a gaushala at Amausi in Lucknow district.<\/p>\n<p>The Aayog comes under the State Animal Husbandry department and gives funds to guashalas (cowsheds) and organisations working for the welfare of cows.<\/p>\n<p>In the reply, the Aayog\u2019s Public Information Officer Sanjay Yadav said that during financial years 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15, Jeev Ashraya was given \u20b949.89 lakh, \u20b91.25 crore and \u20b91.41 crore, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In the financial year 2015-16, Jeev Ashray got \u20b92.58 crore, while Sripad Baba Goshala in Vrindavan got \u20b941 lakh, the RTI reply stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2016-17, of the total grant of \u20b93.45 crore, Jeev Ashraya got \u20b92.55 crore, while among other four NGOs, Sripad Goshala got \u20b963 lakh,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n<p>However, during 2017-18, till now, \u20b91.05 crore has been given to various gaushalas. But Jeev Ashraya was not one of the recipients. Dayodaya Goshala in Lalitpur got the highest amount, \u20b963 lakh, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Nutan Thakur is the wife of IPS officer Amitabh Thakur who had been running feud with the Samajwadi Party\u2019s first family.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Aparna Yadav was not immediately available for comments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 86% of the grant sanctioned by the Samajwadi Party (SP) government for organisations working for cow welfare in Uttar Pradesh went to an NGO run by the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s sister-in-law Aparna Yadav, an RTI reply has revealed. To a query by activist Nutan Thakur, the U.P. Gau Sewa Aayog replied that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}