In Jharkhand, the tender issued to provide gram dal to the poor at Re 1 per kg has remained entangled in the clutches of brokers.
Ashish Jha, Ranchi. In Jharkhand, the tender issued to provide gram dal to the poor at Re 1 per kg has completely got entangled in the clutches of brokers.
No decision has been taken yet and no company has received the tender for the supply of pulses. There are serious allegations against the two companies which got L-1 and L-2 status in the tender.
Both the companies filled the tender paper by reading the data from the catalog of Central Undertakings and this is confirmed from the time of filling the paper. We Care Seeds surreptitiously used the catalog of the Central Enterprise.
Instead of filing an FIR in the case, companies were selected. We Care Seeds filled the tender for supply of chana dal for Rs 160.46 crore while Anandeshwar Agro Food Pvt Ltd quoted a rate of Rs 160.65 crore.
For this reason V Care got L-1 status. Let it be known that the state government has announced to provide chana dal to poor families at the rate of one rupee per kg per month. For this, the Food Supply Department has issued a tender for purchasing gram dal from the open market.
15 companies had participated
After the tender issued on 27 September 2025, a total of 15 companies had participated in this process. There were also two central enterprises among them. The data of central undertakings namely Central Government Employees Consumer Cooperation Society Limited and NCCF of India Limited was attached with the tender of two other companies.
Both the central undertakings have not yet made any written complaint but despite being caught, no action is taken which also gives rise to suspicion.
These irregularities occurred in the selection of agency for supply of gram and pulses.
We Care Seeds, a company declared L-1 through tender, wrongly used the stolen catalog (No. 6363552859) but instead of filing an FIR, it was allotted the work.
According to the rules, if any company steals and uses the catalog of another company, then an FIR should be filed on its basis. We Care Seeds, the agency selected for the supply of gram pulses, quoted the rates by stealing the catalog of Indian Government company NCCF.
The catalog number of both the companies is the same. This is revealed from the time recorded on the website itself. While NCCF had filled the tender at 5:08 pm on November 21, We Care Seeds had filled the tender at 5:51 pm.
On top of that, he attached another company's catalog wrongly claiming it as his own. There is a difference of more than 43 minutes between the two companies in the order of filling the tender papers.
There is also information on the internet media that the owner of We Care Seeds is being questioned in a case of income tax evasion of Rs 1000 crore. However this has not been confirmed.
Anandeshwar Agro Foods Private Limited reached L-2 in the tender process using the catalog of Central Government Employees Consumer Cooperation Society (No. – 58770170785). This was also wrongly selected.
The company has also availed the benefit of exemption in EMD. For this, as per the rules, it is mandatory for the company to be registered in Jharkhand. The company is not registered in Jharkhand. The name of this company is not even in MSME.