Audit Reports

Overview

This Report contains one performance audit viz. &lsquoWelfare of Building and Other Construction Workers&rsquo, four Subject Specific Compliance Audit paragraphs viz. (i) &lsquoManagement of State Disaster Response Fund&rsquo, (ii) &lsquoPublic Health Infrastructure and Management of Primary Health Services&rsquo, (iii) &lsquoDevolution of functions to the Municipal Boards in Meghalaya under Meghalaya Municipal Act, 1973&rsquo and (iv) &lsquoWorking of the Meghalaya Transport Corporation&rsquo and five compliance audit paragraphs.

This Report is organised into five chapters. Chapter I deals with &lsquoSocial Sector&rsquo, Chapter II deals with &lsquoEconomic Sector&rsquo, Chapter III deals with &lsquoUrban Local Bodies&rsquo, Chapter IV deals with &lsquoEconomic Sector (Public Sector Enterprises)&rsquo and Chapter V deals with &lsquoFollow up of Audit Observations&rsquo.

Chapter I contains one performance audit on &lsquoWelfare of Building and Other Construction Workers&rsquo, two Subject Specific Compliance Audit paragraphs viz. (i) &lsquoManagement of State Disaster Response Fund&rsquo relating to Labour Department, and (ii) &lsquoPublic Health Infrastructure and Management of Primary Health Services&rsquo relating to Health & Family Welfare Department, and one compliance audit paragraph. The observation is on the issue of &lsquoUnfruitful expenditure on Tribal Girls Hostel&rsquo relating to Social Welfare Department.

Chapter II contains three compliance audit paragraphs. The three observations are on the issue of (i) &lsquoIdle expenditure&rsquo relating to Soil and Water Conservation Department & Meghalaya Basin Development Authority&rsquo, (ii) &lsquoIdle and avoidable expenditure due to prolonged in completion of a bridge&rsquo relating to Public Works Department and (iii) &lsquoInfructuous expenditure&rsquo relating to Border Areas Development Department.

Chapter III contains one Subject Specific Compliance Audit paragraph on &lsquoDevolution of functions to the Municipal Boards in Meghalaya under Meghalaya Municipal Act, 1973&rsquo relating to Urban Affairs Department.

Chapter IV of the Report contains one paragraph the functioning of State Public Sector Undertakings, one Subject Specific Compliance Audit paragraph on &lsquoWorking of the Meghalaya Transport Corporation&rsquo relating to Transport Department and one compliance audit paragraph. The observation is on the &lsquoAvoidable expenditure&rsquo relating to Power Department.

Chapter IV relates to follow up of audit observations 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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• Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Social and Economic Sectors and Urban Local Bodies for the year ended 31 March 2023
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• Overview
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• Chapter 1 - Social Sector
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• Chapter 2 - Economic Sector
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• Chapter 3 - Urban Local Bodies
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• Chapter 4 - State Public Sector Enterprises
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• Chapter 5 - Follow Up of Audit Observations
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• Appendices
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