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| LAHDC, SKUAST, JKLSA, others fail to submit utilization certificates against grants | | CAG points outs financial irregularities in Govt departments | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 6: Passing grim strictures on the fiscal indiscipline of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, the CAG has observed in its annual report that it remained 'non-compliant' while implementing various financial rules, procedures and directives during 2012-13.
In its annual report, the CAG has observed that several State Government departments have failed to furnish mandatory Utilization Certificates (UCs) to the Accountant General (AG) -A&E Jammu and Kashmir within the stipulated time period of 18 months from the date of their sanction unless specified otherwise.
According to the CAG findings, the UCs for a whopping Rs. 1338.90 crore in respect of 2161 items, were outstanding till the end of March 2013 of which 1,064 UCs amounting to Rs 631 crore were outstanding for more than a year.
The total amount of approximately Rs 1339 crore remained outstanding as on March 31, 2013 which was 4.4 percent of the total expenditure incurred in 2012-13
The range of delay in producing UCs varies from one to above two years. There were 1097 items amounting to Rs 707.60 crore for which no UC was received by AG for at least an year while non- production of UCs for funds to the tune of Rs 137.15 crore against 273 items is still pending for the last two years and reflecting the 'irresponsible' approach of the State Government is the fact that there were 791 items amounting to Rs 494.15 crore whose UCs are being awaited for more than two years.
Evidently, there has been laxity on part of the departments and the officers concerned who have failed to comply with the guidelines laid down by the Accountant General.
If non-compliance in furnishing UCs was not enough, the State Government had to face yet another embarrassment when the CAG also castigated it for non-submission or delay in submission of Annual accounts by Autonomous Bodies is concerned.
According to CAG report, as many as six Autonomous bodies required to be audited by the CAG of India under Sections 19 (3) and 20 (1) of the Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service Act had not furnished the annual accounts amounting to Rs 632.34 crore.
For the period 2012-13, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill District Council (LAHDC), Leh has failed to produce the details of the grants to the tune of Rs 353.45 crore released under 18 accounts and the range of delay was 1 to 18 years while LAHDC, Kargil did not furnish the details of the grants amounting to Rs 354.61 crore released under 9 accounts for 1 to 9 years
Surprisingly, the CAG findings pointed out that the LAHDC, Leh has failed to submit accounts for audit since its inception i.e 1995-96 although substantial sums are being released to the Council and unspent balances at the end of the year remain credited in a non-lapsable Fund in the Public Account of the State.
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST)- Srinagar also failed to submit the accounts of grants worth Rs 114.36 crore released under 3 accounts for 1 to 3 years while its counterpart SKUAST- Jammu did not provide status of its 3 accounts for 1 to 2 years for the grants amounting to Rs 45.55 crore.
The other autonomous body which fell short of the yardstick includes Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority (JKLSA), Srinagar.
JKLSA, Srinagar received Rs 9.67 crore as grants during 2012-13 but it failed to furnish its annual status for auditing of 16 accounts and the delay for submission was between 1 to 16 years.
Even as the Provident Fund Organization, Srinagar did not receive any funds during 2012-13, it has also failed to submit its financial status for auditing for 12 accounts for 1 to 12 years. |
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