Audit Reports
Maharashtra
Report No. 6 of 2015 - Performance and Compliance Audit on Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies of Government of Maharashtra
Overview
This Report comprises of five chapters under two sections. Section A includes two chapters containing observations on the Accounts and Finances of Panchayati Raj Institutions and three transaction audit paragraphs. Section B comprises of three chapters containing observations on the Accounts and Finances of Urban Local Bodies, one Performance Audit on Delivery of basic civic services by select municipal councils and four transaction audit
paragraphs.
The allocation from total revenue of the state to Panchayati Raj Institutions showed a marginal decrease from 17.38 per cent in 2009-10 to 15.16 per cent in 2013-14. The total allocation to Local Bodies during the same period also showed a marginal decrease from 19.92 per cent to 19.48 per cent as against 40 per cent recommended by the Second Maharashtra State Finance Commission.
Though the accounts of all the 33 Zilla Parishads up to the year 2010-11 were published and submitted to the State Legislature, the accounts for the year 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 were yet to be finalised and published.