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Early Times Report
Srinagar: At a time when financial management is considered a key to achieve success, the state of Jammu and Kashmir has lagged behind to implement and follow financial reforms. Worse, most of the government departments have miserably failed to follow the set pattern and norms.
Reports reaching said that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up the state government for violation of financial norms, including failure to submit utilization certificates for Rs 1,862 crore during 2005-07. In addition the CAG report has mentioned certain irregularities besides non compliance on the part of government officials.
The CAG report says that it was not clear as to how the departmental officers satisfied themselves and to what extent the recipients utilized the grants for the purpose for which these were provided.
The CAG in its latest report issued for the year ended March 31, 2008, points out that in respect of grants paid up to 2006-07, 10,144 UCs for an aggregate amount of Rs 1,862.82 crore were awaited as on 2008 year-end. This clearly shows the lack of commitment on the part of the officers, the CAG report adds.
Interestingly, the CAG has raised many questions regarding the implementation of fiscal discipline. “The state government also failed to implement fiscal discipline and accountability of various autonomous bodies and authorities,” the report mentions.
The report points out that 218 annual accounts are still awaited by the CAG for audit from 34 government bodies and institutes from 1988-89 to 2007-08.
Pointing financial laxities in various departments the CAG says that housing and urban development department failed to submit 1,593 UCs for an amount of Rs 631.49 crore between 2005-06 to 2006-07, followed by agriculture department 236 UCs for Rs 170.06 crore and tourism department 119 UCs for Rs 112.85 crore.
The CAG also revealed that Jammu Development Authority (JDA) tops the list for failing to submit annual accounts for 36 consecutive years between 1972-73 to 2007-08, followed by Srinagar municipality, whose accounts are awaited for 20 years between 1988-89 and 2007-08.
Giving further details, it said that education department tops the list by failing to submit 6,143 UCs for Rs 735.07 crore for 2005-06/2006-07.
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