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| Rs 5831.27 Cr savings in 44 cases not surrendered by spending deptts | | Planning and Dev department on top of defaulter list | | | Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Mar 6: Depriving other needy sectors of the developmental benefits, the savings accumulated to the tune of Rs. 5831.27 Crore in 44 cases at the end of the year 2012-13 were not surrendered to the Finance Department in utter violation of State's budget manual, said the Comptroller and Auditor General of India's (CAGs) report.
As per the State Budget Manual, the spending departments are required to surrender the grants/appropriations or portion thereof to the Finance Department as and when the savings are anticipated. The CAG report said that at the close of the year 2012-13, there were, however, 27 grants and three appropriations in which savings occurred but no part of which had been surrendered by the concerned departments. The savings in these cases was of the order of Rs. 5831.27 crore which includes Rs. 5829.35 crore in 42 cases (involving 27 grants and two appropriations) where savings involved were Rs. one crore and above and owing to this non-surrendering of funds (savings) to the Government, other needy sectors were deprived of developmental benefits.
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| LAHDC, SKUAST, JKLSA, others fail to submit utilization certificates against grants | | CAG points outs financial irregularities in Govt departments | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 6: Passing grim strictures on the fiscal indiscipline of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, the CAG has observed in its annual report that it remained 'non-compliant' while implementing various financial rules, procedures and directives during 2012-13.
In its annual report, the CAG has observed that several State Government departments have failed to furnish mandatory Utilization Certificates (UCs) to the Accountant General (AG) -A&E Jammu and Kashmir within the stipulated time period of 18 months from the date of their sanction unless specified otherwise.
According to the CAG findings, the UCs for a whopping Rs. 1338.90 crore in respect of 2161 items, were outs... | |
| | | | `State is totally dependent on Central funds' | | Azadi demand ridiculous: Taj | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Mar 6: Senior Congress leader and Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services and Sports Taj Mohi-ud-Din today said that Jammu and Kashmir needs Rs. 33,0000 crore annually for its survival and those who seek independence from India are just hoodwinking the people as the state is totally dependent on Union of India even for the salaries of its 5 lakh employees.
While interacting with a group of students here in a hotel, Taj said Kashmir can't survive as an independent nation as it lacks self-sufficiency and resources. Taj Mohi-ud-Din said that Kashmir is completely dependent on India and is not self-sufficient which could help it to survive as an independent natio... | |
| | | | SRTC operates 29 buses in Srinagar, none in Jammu | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 6: JK SRTC state road transport corporation (JKSRTC) established in 1950 had a glorious past as it was capable of running more than 1600 vehicles, extending satisfactory services from cargo to city services.
During the period of turmoil.. SRTC on the one hand lost 135 vehicles in the series of militancy related incidents and on the other hand suffered heavy losses while performing service to the public in general and to the government in particular.
This has resulted in persistent decline in revenue and now corporation is reeling under heavy losses. As per economic survey of JK reason for decline in earning potential and increase in costs of over aged fl... | |
| | | | NC-Cong alliance hinges on Valley ticket to Cong | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 6: NC-Congress is unlikely to continue as Congress has demanded at least one Parliamentary constituency in the Valley. NC has already announced three candidates from Kashmir, which the Congress said was a decision taken without consulting it.
"The coalition hangs on equal share of Parliamentary seats. For Congress the seat in Valley is very important," said a senior Congress leader.
NC according to sources is unlikely to relent and this could further strain the relations between two coalition partners.
The NC on the other hand has proposed Cong to contest from the Ladakh seat. However, the Cong had countered this move by stating that since the party is a... | |
| | | | Mess in SW Department, 9.28 crore paid to unaccredited computer centers | | | |
Mustansir
SRINAGAR, Mar 6: In non-observance of prescribed procedure and violation of provisions of the scheme, the J&K Social Welfare Department has released Rs, 9.24 crore as post matric scholarship to ST students for unrecognized courses and to unaccredited computer centers and has paid excess payment of scholarship to the tune of Rs. 25.34 lakh directly to the private computer institutions/centers in contravention to the guidelines of the scheme.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the J&K Legislature recently said that the scheme envisages payment of scholarship for undergoing recognized post-matriculation or post-secondary courses in recognized educationa... | |
| | | | Despite 'Dubious' tag, Director RNU Srinagar continues to enjoy favours | | | |
Javaid Naikoo
JAMMU, Mar 6: Despite being declared a 'dubious character' by CEO Prasarbharti, Director Regional News Unit DDK Srinagar according to sources is enjoying favours using his political influence.
According to document details, following complaints of all sorts against the Director Regional News Unit (RNU) of DDK Srinagar, Prasarbharti recommended transfer of the Director RNU Srinagar namely Bashir Malik out of Srinagar because of his 'dubious character' and long stay in Srinagar.
According to sources not only said recommendations of the CEO Prasarbharti were thrown into dustbin, but also on the basis of political patronage of a Congress Union Cabinet Minister, Bashir Malik i... | |
| | | | Against Rs 7.10 Cr only 1.41 Cr credited to PWF by Transport Department | | Passenger Welfare Fund | | | Arun Singh
JAMMU, Mar 6: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report found irregularities in the functioning of State Transport Department as it failed to realize Rs 4.76 crore against Rs 7.10 crores from commercial vehicles for Passenger Welfare Fund (PWF) since 2010. Moreover, out of the realized amount of Rs 2.34 crore only Rs 1.41 crore was credited to the Fund.
As per CAG report for the year of ended March 31, 2013 revealed that against Rs 7.10 crore due from the owners of 51478 commercial vehicles during the period 2010-11 to 2012-13 under Passenger Welfare Fund in the State, only Rs 2.34 crore was realized from the registered vehicles resulting in short realiza... | |
| | | | 10 MLAs from Assembly, 5 members from LC to form Joint panel | | Temple bill stands stalled.....but formal steps in a week | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Mar 6: Even as it is abundantly clear that the coalition Government has put the Hindu Temples Bill in cold storage, the formality of referring it to the Joint Select Committee shall be followed with mandatorty steps within a week's time. Speaker Legislative Assembly Mubarak Gul will nominate 10 members from the Assembly whereas the Chairman Legislative Council would name five members from the upper House to constitute the Joint panel as announced two days back in the House. However, it is a foregone conclusion that the Bill stands stalled for the incumbent Government and shall see any movement only after installation of next Government.
Sources said even though the Govern... | |
| | | | Disparities in reports expose malpractice in IAY implementation | | | |
Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Mar 6: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its latest report has observed gross disparities in the figures of IAY beneficiaries furnished by RDD at block and district levels.
The report read that the dwellings actually taken up for construction, those completed and those under execution at the block level as worked out by audit from the records of the selected BDOs, did not match with the Monthly Progress Reports (MPRs) of that particular BDO and the MPRs of the ACDs submitted to the Gol periodically.
"The variation ranged between one and 346, between one and 433 and between one and 481 in respect of dwelling units taken up, completed and in-progre... | |
| | | | Pandits feel renounced, betrayed by BJP | | Alleged sabotage of Shrine Bill | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 6: The statement of two top State BJP leaders including party president Jugal Kishore Sharma and its Legislative Party leader, Ashok Khajuria on Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places Bill has Infuriated KP community all over the country which is feeling deeply anguished and betrayed.
The statement has evoked a lot of condemnation from the community all over the country and it has sought a clarification from the top leadership of the Party at National level on their role towards the displaced Pandits from Valley.
The Kashmiri Pandits across their party affiliations held meetings in Union Capital yesterday not only to condemn the statement but to discuss... | |
| | | | CAG points out mgmts of some religious places also beneficiares | | Roshni Scheme flip side.... | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 5: Even as the instances of government land having been encroached under Roshni scheme in the state are galore, some cases have been pointed out wherein places of worship have come up over the last few years, with concerned Revenue authorities clueless about the same. It has been pointed out that some management committees have got the state land transferred to their own 'Trusts' under the so-called Roshni scheme for peanuts.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has observed in its latest report on Jammu and Kashmir's Revenue Department that even the religious places had been raised on the grabbed State lands in violation of all rules and norms.
The C... | |
| | | | PHE Deptt must scrutinize documents before regularizing need base workers | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 6: The Public Health Engineering (PHE) department these days is facing protest by its need base workers who want to be engaged as permanent employees but the officers and head of the department must go through objectively.
The Jammu and Kashmir Government had banned the employment of daily wage workers but it allowed head of the few departments to engage people as need base workers as per the requirement. But these need base workers were to be engaged only either by Minister or Chief Engineers.
The PHE department also engaged such people but many of them were engaged by Executive Engineers and even Assistant Executive Engineers in many districts and divis... | |
| | | | Dr Aniece Choudhary continues to be its Principal! | | Has GMC Jammu forgotten its website? | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Mar 6: The negligence on part of Government Medical College and Hospital authorities could be well gauged from the fact that they have failed to update its official website and Dr Aniece Choudhary, against whom an enquiry is still pending, continues to be shown as Principal of GMC&H.
In the official website of GMC&H, www.gmcahjammu.org, in the link of directory, the first contact number is of Principal but instead of giving the contact number of present Principal, Dr. Shashi Gupta, name of Dr. Aniece Choudhary is shown.
Moreover, the head of the ENT department is also Dr. Aniece Choudhary, who was caught in a controversy, for his alleged involvement in killing of a gi... | |
| | | | AAP, separatists two sides of the same coin | | Anarchist Kejriwal defends Article 370 and equates it with Article 371 | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Mar 6: The other day, anarchist Arvind Kejriwal of the AAP of Maoists, separatists and anti-system poked his dirty nose in the
affairs of Jammu & Kashmir. He said the Army must not stay in the Valley for a longer period as the same could have serious repercussions. He also defended Article 370 and equated it with Article 371 saying "we (India) have different types of agreements of accession with different states in India" and, like Article 370, Article 371 also gives a special status to many other Indian states. He was absolutely wrong. What he said about article 371 only exposed his intellectual bankruptcy as well as his bias in favour of those in Kashmir who wish loose... | |
| | | | Female AO accuses GMC administrator of misbehavior | | Shoots letter to higher authorities | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Mar 6: A women employee of Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu has leveled allegations of misbehavior against administrator of GMC &H, Jammu.
Sources informed Early Times that an Accounts Officer working at GMC &H, had shot a complaint to Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education previous day, for alleged misbehavior by administrator of GMC. "In the complaint sent by the Accounts Officer (AO), she has said that the administrator allegedly shouted over her and even threatened to throw her out of the room, when she asked for some documents", the complainant has mentioned in the letter. Moreover, it is also written in the letter that the administrator ... | |
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