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CAG grills JK Govt over misuse of funds under IAY 3/15/2014 11:38:55 PM Bashir Assad SRINAGAR, Mar 15: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has made startling revelations about the misuse of funds under Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) in Jammu and Kashmir. The CAG report for the year 2013-14 which was tabled in the house during its budget session which concluded on March 5 said the Government of India had released funds to the State during 2008-13 on the basis of the 2002 census report showing shortage of 0.93 lakh houses in the State. Ironically, audit scrutiny has revealed that assistance has been provided to 2.12 lakh houses, implying that 1.19 lakh ineligible beneficiaries were provided assistance under the scheme during the period. The report said that the percentage of completion of houses by the beneficiaries ranged between 55 and 69 and the percentage of completion of upgradation works ranged between 23 and 76 percent during the period from 2008-13. The Government of India provided Rs 299.53 crore between 2008-13 and the State share of Rs 102.40 crore was spent on the scheme. It said as per the IAY guidelines the department was required to prepare IAY wait list from the BPL lists (prepared on the basis of census conducted by the department in the year 2002) and the annual action plans were required to be formulated from these IAY lists. Even funds to the tune of Rs 3.79 crore from the special package of Rs 4.51 crore for rehabilitation of 1,172 BPL border displaced families of Akhnoor block of Jammu district whose houses were damaged due to heavy shelling from across the border during 2008-09 to 2010-11 were diverted and the balance amount of Rs 71.91 lakh remained unspent as of March 2013. The report said that a total of 4258 beneficiaries in 11 blocks out of 12 selected blocks were identified as houseless as per BPL census 2002 and were accordingly entitled for assistance for construction of new houses under the scheme. However, the assistance was provided to 7270 beneficiaries during 2008-13 out of which only 815 bona-fide beneficiaries (19 percent of 4258) were covered during the period. It further said that as against shortage of 14901 houses in five districts namely Jammu, Poonch, Ramban, Budgam and Kulgam as per the BPL census 2002, the department had sanctioned assistance for 45899 beneficiaries under New Constructions during the period 2008-13 showing coverage of 30998 ineligible beneficiaries. Further against 89117 Kutcha houses as per the BPL census -2002 the department had sanctioned assistance for 9297 beneficiaries under upgradation component of the scheme. According to CAG," Twenty cases in seven test checked blocks were selected twice during the period 2008-13 and assistance for construction of new houses was paid twice to the same beneficiary resulting in excess payment of Rs 5.60 lakh.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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