Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 7: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today convened a meeting to discuss various audit paras of the Housing and Urban Development department (HUDD) at the Assembly Complex here. The meeting was presided over by Committee Chairman Sham Lal Sharma and attended by members Mubarak Gul, Nazir Ahmad Khan, Qaysar Jamshaid Lone, Javid Hassan Baig, Sajad Shaheen, Muzaffar Iqbal Khan and Altaf Ahmad Wani. Principal Accountant General J&K, Commissioner Secretary HUDD, Director General Accounts and Treasuries, VC LCMA, VCs of JDA/SDA, MD J&K Housing Board, Chief Town Planner, Chief Architect J&K, senior officers of SMC/JMC and other concerned officers attended the meeting. During the meeting, the PAC undertook a detailed review of audit paras pertaining to the Housing and Urban Development Department. Addressing the officers, the Chairman underscored the importance of ensuring efficiency and transparency in spending public money. He highlighted that the mandate of PAC is to scrutinize the government spending, identify lapses, fix accountability and recommend corrective actions.
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