AI helps Madhya Pradesh govt identify 135 chief municipal officials for graft in digital purchases

BHOPAL: Artificial intelligence (AI)-based analysis of the purchases made by urban local bodies (ULBs) in Madhya Pradesh has led to detection of anomalies worth crores of rupees.

As many as 392 officials and staff of ULBs, including 135 chief municipal officials, have been identified for irregularities and accountability fixed, additional chief secretary (urban development and housing) Sanjay Dubey said on Sunday. “While recovery proceedings have been initiated against many officials, salary increments of some others have been withheld. Some erring officials have been demoted and some others have been dismissed,” he said.