Compliance
Meghalaya

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Social and Economic Sectors for the year ended 31 March 2022 - Government of Meghalaya (Report No. 2 of 2023)

Date on which Report Tabled:
Fri 22 Sep, 2023
Date of sending the report to Government:
Wed 06 Sep, 2023
Government Type:
State
Sector Agriculture and Rural Development,Social Infrastructure,Education, Health & Family Welfare,Power & Energy

Overview

This Report contains one Subject Specific Compliance Audit on ‘Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in Meghalaya’ and eight compliance audit paragraphs.

This Report is organised into four chapters. Chapter I deals with ‘Social Sector’, Chapter II deals with ‘Economic Sector’, Chapter III deals with ‘Economic Sector (Public Sector Undertakings)’ and Chapter IV deals with ‘Follow up of Audit Observations’.

Chapter I contains two compliance audit paragraphs. The observations are on (i) ‘Undue financial benefit’ & (ii) Avoidable excess expenditure’ relating to Health and Family Welfare Department.

Chapter II contains one Subject Specific Compliance Audit on ‘Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana in Meghalaya’ and two compliance audit paragraphs. The two observations are on the issues of (i) ‘Wasteful expenditure’ relating to Fisheries Department (Directorate of Fisheries) and (ii) ‘Unfruitful expenditure’ relating to Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Department (Directorate of Horticulture).

Chapter III of the Report contains one paragraph the functioning of State Public Sector Undertakings and four compliance audit paragraphs. The four observations are on the issues of (i) ‘Avoidable expenditure due to awarding the works to L2 bidders’, (ii) ‘Avoidable expenditure’, (iii) ‘Undue financial benefits to Contractors under SAUBHAGYA and DDGUGJY’, & (iv) ‘Avoidable expenditure’ relating to Power Department (Meghalaya Power Distribution Corporation Limited).

Chapter IV relates to follow up of Audit Reports on issues of (i) Response of Departments to audit findings, (ii) Response of the Government to audit observations, (iii) Response of the Government to audit paragraphs that featured in earlier reports, (iv) Discussion of Audit Reports by Public Accounts Committee/Committee on Public Undertakings (PAC/COPU) and (v) Response of the departments to the recommendations of the PAC/COPU.

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