Audit Reports

Report No. 7 of 2013 ANNEX-1 (refer Executive Summary) No.9-3/20l2-FC.ll Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Department of Food & Public Distribution Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi Dated: January 24, 2013 Shri John K. Sellate, Principal...............

Report No. 7 of 2013 Chapter - IV Movement of Food grains | Status of movement of food grains Under the existing food management framework, FCI is the only Government agency for movement of food grains in the Central Pool. This constitutes a very...

It is an agency under the administrative supervision and control of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Food and Public Distribution (Ministry) which is responsible for implementation of the national food security system. FCI also aims at fulfilling...............

Report No. 7 of 2013 Chapter - V Internal Control 5. Internal audit and physical verification Internal audit is an important constituent of the overall system of internal control28 and is defined as a systematic and independent examination of data, ...

The expenditure of 209.57 crore incurred on these works had become unfruitful. The reasons for abandonment were public obstruction, inundation of executed part, land dispute, absence of forest clearance, etc. This indicated that these works were taken up without adequate planning. Details...............

Chapter 3 Planning The obligation to provide employment within 15 days of receipt of application necessitates advance planning. The basic aim of the planning process is to ensure that the district is prepared well in advance to offer productive...

Submission of authentic Monthly Progress Reports. Transparency Social audit of all works, timely disposal of complaints and and public action against wilful defaulters, accounts to be opened in post accountability offices/banks for wage disbursement. Other Utilization Certificate up till 31 March...............

Nagaland and West Bengal (three states) had not initiated any measures to devise the system of grievance redressal, social audit or take any other public accountability/ transparency measures as required under the Act. Thus, there were deficiencies both in the formation and in the support...............

Chapter Employment Generation and 7 Payment of Wages 7.1 Introduction The primary purpose for enacting MGNREGA was to ensure livelihood security for all rural households. The Act guarantees 100 days of employment to every household whose adult...

pasting of updated details on the walls/ public places, regular visits by departmental officials, mechanisms of social audit, existence of regular grievance redressal mechanisms. They were reviewed through the Report No. 6 of 2013 questionnaire. Only 46 per cent of the participants reported that...............

These programmes provided short-term employment on public works to unskilled workers. They were based on the premise that in areas with high unemployment ratesand underemployment, such programmes can prevent poverty from worsening, especially during lean periods of seasonal unemployment................

Chapter Convergence with other Schemes 9.1 Introduction The Operational Guidelines {para 14.1.1) allow for convergence of MGNREGS funds with funds from other schemes and sources for creation of durable assets. Funds available with implementing...

The Ministry had evolved a system of NLMs by involving retired Government officers and academicians, willing to provide voluntary services for a public cause. The basic premise was that by involving third party independent monitors, unbiased and objective monitoring could be achieved. The...............

Chapter Convergence with other Schemes 9.1 Introduction The Operational Guidelines {para 14.1.1) allow for convergence of MGNREGS funds with funds from other schemes and sources for creation of durable assets. Funds available with implementing...

The Operational Guidelines further require that the cancellation of ineligible registered household be made public and be readoutinthegramsabha (paras 5.2.12 and 5.3.5). In 219 GPs (5.69 percent of all test checked GPs) in three states viz. Nagaland, UttarPradesh and West Bengal the...............

We noted that the Ministries of Environment and Forests, Earth Sciences and Health & Family Welfare had not sent their plans (September 2012). (b) National Response Plan NIDM submitted the draft National Response Plan in April 2012. MHA stated (September 2012) that the draft plan was MHA...............

Initially, the money was transferred from the Consolidated Fund of India to FDRF which is a reserve fund under the Public Account of India. Subsequently, the funds Part II : Audit Findings were released by the DFS to RBI/NAB ARD for reimbursement of claims under the ADWDRS. The closing...............

While RBI was responsible for Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)6, Urban 6 Both Public Sector Banks and Private Sector Banks 4 Report No. 3 of 2013 5 Cooperative Banks (UCBs) and Local Area Banks (LABs), NABARD performed a similar role in respect of Cooperative Credit Institutions and Regional...............