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Report of 2009 - Financial Audit on Revenue of Government of West Bengal

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This Report contains 50 paragraphs including three reviews relating to under-assessment/non-realisation/loss of revenue etc. involving Rs. 784.58 crore. Some of the major findings are mentioned in the following paragraphs: The total receipts of the Government for the year 2008-09 increased to Rs. 36,904.39 crore against Rs. 30,167.38 crore in the previous year. Of this. 53 per cent was raised by the Government through tax revenue (Rs. 14.419.15 crore) and non-tax revenue (Rs. 4.966.39 crore). The balance 47 per cent w as received from the Government of India as the State's share of net proceeds of divisible Union taxes (Rs. 11.321.78 crore) and grants-m-aid (Rs. 6,197.07 crore).

As on 30 September 2009. 1.145 inspection reports issued upto March. 2009 containing 3.161 audit observations involving Rs. 4.179.03 crore were outstanding for want of response or final action by the concerned departments. Test check of the records of sales tax. land revenue, stamp duty and registration fees, motor vehicles tax. state excise, electricity duty, other tax and non-tax receipts conducted during the year 2008-09 indicated under-assessment/short levy/loss of revenue amounting to Rs. 1.529.27 crore in 723 audit observations. During the course of the year, the departments accepted underassessment of Rs. 565.51 crore in 292 audit observations pointed out in 2008-09 and recovered Rs. 17.87 crore at the instance of audit. No replies have been received in respect of the remaining cases.

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