Cluster of sanctions to one agency sits just under the delegation limit
Foot over-bridge ramp · Muzaffarpur, Bihar · sanctioned 16 Jul 2024 · detected 02 Mar 2026 (29 days ago)
Why this was flagged
Threshold-proximity density scan evaluated this work against 691 comparable sanctions in Bihar for the same category and financial year. A cluster of sanctions to one agency lands just under a delegation limit within a short window - the classic threshold-avoidance signature. The residual for this record falls outside the learned tolerance, and the contribution breakdown below isolates which measured features carried the score.
- 01Distance below delegation limit+34.3
- 02Sanctions to agency in 30 days+31.8
- 03Common vendor across the cluster+18.6
- 04Identical scope wording+10.6
- 05Aggregate value of the cluster+3.8
Contributions are additive against the cohort baseline; they sum to the composite score and are recomputed whenever the underlying record changes.
Evidence
| Sanctions in cluster | 9 |
| Delegation limit | Rs 25.00 L |
| Cluster aggregate | Rs 562.73 L |
| Sanctioned | Rs 80.39 L |
| Released | Rs 82.00 L |
| Expenditure | Rs 129.55 L |
| Physical progress | 41% |
Record trail
- 16 Jul 2024Work sanctioned by the District Authority₹80.39 L · Muzaffarpur Jal Nigam Division
- 16 Jul 2024First instalment released to the implementing agency₹41.00 L
- 02 Mar 2026D-04 fired during the nightly scoring runThreshold-proximity density scan · confidence 0.79
- 02 Mar 2026Alert routed to District Collector cellResponse window 7 days
The work
Detector
Sanction splitting below approval threshold
A cluster of sanctions to one agency lands just under a delegation limit within a short window - the classic threshold-avoidance signature.