Government auditor CAG has said violating the state budget manual, the Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to surrender Rs 2,671 crore of budgetary grants and appropriations in 2009-10.
Government auditor CAG has said violating the state budget manual, the Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to surrender Rs 2,671 crore of budgetary grants and appropriations in the financial year 2009-10.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report for the year ended March 31, 2009, which was recently tabled in the state Legislative Assembly.
"At the close of the year 2008-09, there were 28 grants and five appropriations (state budget) in which saving occured but no part of which had been surrendered by the concerned government departments", the CAG report said.
The saving in these cases was of the order of Rs 2,671.73 crore which includes Rs 2,292.35 crore in 44 cases (involving 28 grants and two appropriations) where saving involved were Rs 1 crore and above, it said.
The non-surrender of the funds deprived the government of the opportunity to transfer these funds to other needy sectors, the report revealed.
As per the state budget manual, the spending departments are required to surrender grants/appropriations or saving portion thereof to the finance department as and when the savings are anticipated, it said, adding, it is a violation of state budget manual and the fiscal management.
Giving further breakup, the CAG report said education departments failed to surrender Rs437.55 crore as saving amount, followed by Rs381.54 crore by planning and
development department.
Rs310.88 crore by comsumer affairs public distribution department (CAPD), Rs247.95 crore by Power department, Rs242.91 crore by inance department, and Rs148.91 crore in home department during the period 2009-10.
Indicting the government on financial indiscipline, CAG report further said that contrary to Jammu and Kashmir financial code, in respect of 11 major heads, expenditure exceeding Rs10 crore and also more than 50% of the expenditure of the year was incurred during the last month of the financial year 2009-10.
According to Jammu and Kashmir Financial Code, rush of expenditure in the closing month of the financial year should be avoided and strictly monitored, it said.
The CAG further said that the coding pattern as advised by the principal accountant general had not been adopted by the state Finance Department and even demand of grants of some department did not have a code number to identify them, it
said.
These deficiency make the whole budgeting process erroneous, making reconciliation of the department figures with those adopted by the principal accountant general
difficult, it said and added that the matter was reported to the state government from time to time but there was no response.
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