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| 6 autonomous bodies fail to submit records to CAG Kunal Shrivatsa | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 29 : In yet another embarrassment to the state government, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has castigated it for non-submission or delay in submission of Annual accounts by several Autonomous Bodies thereby leading to serious financial irregularities.
According to CAG Report, as many as six Autonomous bodies required to be audited by the CAG of India under Sections 19 (3) and 20 (1) of the Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service Act had not furnished the annual accounts amounting to Rs 831.28 crore.
For the period 2013-14, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill District Council (LAHDC), Leh has failed to produce the details of the grants to the tune of Rs 328.37 crore released under 19 accounts and the range of delay was 1 to 19 years while LAHDC, Kargil did not furnish the details of the grants amounting to Rs 342.98 crore released under 10 accounts for 1 to 10 years.
Surprisingly, the CAG findings pointed out that the LAHDC, Leh has failed to submit accounts for audit since its inception i.e. 1995-96 although substantial sums are being released to the Council and unspent balances at the end of the year remain credited in a non-lapsable Fund in the Public Account of the State. Same is the position in respect of LAHDC, Kargil which came into existence in the year 2004-05 and the accounts are in arrears since its establishment.
The third autonomous body which failed to furnish is accounts details is Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (SKUAST)- Srinagar as it did not submit the accounts of grants worth Rs 80.92 crore released under 4 accounts for 1 to 4 years.
Similar is the case of its counterpart SKUAST- Jammu which did not provide status of its 4 accounts for 1 to 4 years for the grants amounting to Rs 70.15 crore.
The other autonomous bodies which fell short of the yardstick include Jammu & Kashmir Legal Services Authority (JKLSA), Srinagar and Provident Fund Organization (PFO), Srinagar.
JKLSA, Srinagar received 8.86 crore as grants during 2013-14 but it failed to furnish its annual status for auditing of 17 accounts and the delay for submission was between 1 to 17 years.
Even as the PFO, Srinagar did not receive any funds during 2013-14, it has also failed to submit its financial status for auditing for 13 accounts for 1 to 13 years.
The CAG of India Report while observing this non-serious approach of these autonomous bodies says, "Non submission/delay in submission of accounts by these bodies receiving substantial funding from the State Budget is a serious financial irregularity persisting for years."
In view of this non-compliance, the audited accounts of these Statutory Bodies have not so far been presented to the State Legislature as require under the Statutes under which these Bodies were created. This has deprived the State Legislature to get a feedback on their activities and financial performance. |
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