Audit Reports
Tripura
Report of 2013 - Performance Audit on Social, Economic, Revenue and General Sectors of Government of Tripura
Overview
This Audit Report has been prepared in six; chapters. Chapters I to V deal with Social, Economic, Economic (Public Sector Undertakings), Revenue and General Sectors and Chapter VI deals with Follow up of Audit observations.
This Report contains 24 audit paragraphs (including 11 general paragraphs and one long paragraph on Utilisation of Edusat network), 3 Performance Audit and an Integrated Audit of the Education (Social Welfare and Social Education) Department. According to the existing arrangements, copies of the draft paragraphs and draft performance audit were sent to the Secretary of the Departments concerned with a request to furnish replies within six week. However, in respect of one Performance Audit and seven Audit Paragraphs included in the Report, no replies were received till the time of finalisation of the Report (February 2013).
The short release of funds against the approved planned budget provision and non-utilisation of even the available funds had adversely affected implementation of programme/schemes. Indiscriminate setting up of Anganwadi Centres without following the prescribed norm resulted in extra avoidable liability for payment of honorarium to the assigned staff, while essential facilities for drinking water, toilets, kitchen sheds and other minimum infrastructural needs in the AWCs remained neglected. The Department did not have proper control over construction of Anganwadi Centres which appeared to be either incomplete or not taken up at all in case of 1,367 buildings even after a lapse of more than two to six years since sanction and release of funds to the implementing agencies.