Audit Reports
Manipur
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended 31 March 2011 (Report No.2), Government of Manipur
Overview
This Report includes five chapters containing five performance reviews, including Chief Controlling Officer based Audit of Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department, 11 (excluding general paragraphs) paragraphs dealing with the results of audit of selected schemes, programmes, financial transactions of the Government and its commercial and trading activities. Copies of the performance reviews and paragraphs were sent to the Administrative Heads of the Departments concerned by the Accountant General for furnishing replies within six weeks. All the five reviews were discussed with the concerned Principal the Govemment/Department was received and in three audit paragraphs, replies had not been furnished by the Govemment/Department.
The Government of India had formulated the National Education Policy in the year 1986 and Right to Education Act in 2009 which inter alia mandated Universal Elementary Education (UEE) of good quality for children in the age group of 6-14 years. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) was implemented in Manipur in March 2004 to ensure that all children in the age group 6 to 14 ears have access to education. This was boosted with Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme implemented in February 2009 in all primary and upper primary schools (Government and Aided schools). The performance audit of the programme/scheme revealed that SSA was being implemented without proper planning and without carrying out household survey and pre-project activities. There were short release of fund, delay in release of fund and diversion of fund in implementation of SSA. Teachers were posted in school with zero enrolment and there were schools with no posting of teachers. Under MDM, despite a trend of low attendance, foodgrains consumption for 100 per attendance was reported.
Civil works taken up both under SSA and MDM suffered from many deficiencies/irregularities due to which there were infrastructure gaps. Contract management was weak both under these schemes with loopholes in the contract clauses.