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| CAPD distributes food grains among ineligible BPL families: CAG | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, July 5: Failure of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department to update and review the Below Poverty List (BPL) led to a situation where food grains worth around 18 crores were distributed among ineligible families.
In its report for the year ending March 31, 2015, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has found many loopholes in the functioning of the CAPD department. The CAG has mentioned that the department suffered huge losses due to the inapt planning by the people at helm.
"The department (CAPD department) did not review the list of BPL families leading to the issue of food grains valuing Rs. 17.89 crores to ineligible families while depriving eligible BPL families. Further 1.09 lakh metric tonnes additional adhoc food grains allocated by the Government of India for 'not covered BPL families' had been distributed among existing BPL card holders during 2010-12," said the CAG.
The CAG said that the non-revision of sale rates of wheat bran for over seven years led to revenue loss of Rs. 15.45 crores. It said that due to lack of diligence by the department in benchmarking the price while procuring sugar led to loss of Rs. 31.14 crores.
"Proforma accounts were in arrears since 1973-74. An amount of Rs. 2932.64 crores was released to Food Corporation of India (FCI) and the department had not carried out any reconciliation with the FCI to ascertain the extent of actual advance payments made and quantum of food grains lifted," said the CAG.
The CAG said that distribution of kerosene oil to Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) consumers resulted in an avoidable burden of subsidy of Rs. 459.24 crores on government ex-chequer.
"Expenditure of Rs. 1.50 crores incurred on the construction of laboratories turned unfruitful besides, Rs. 5.61 crores, released under end-to-end computerization of Public Distribution System (PDS) scheme, remained un-utilized," said the CAG.
The CAG said that the audit noticed that the department had completed between January 2010 and June 2011 the identification process in only 10 of districts in which 27,238 families had been identified for deletion and 43,179 left out eligible families were recommended for inclusion. It said that no action had been taken by the department which resulted in issue of food grains worth Rs. 17.89 crores to the ineligible families from the date of their identification to March 2015.
"The department stated (September 2015) that the Planning and Development department, being nodal agency, had neither completed the process nor issued any orders to delete the ineligible families from BPL lists. The reply is not acceptable as due to inaction of the department undue benefit had been extended to the ineligible families," said the CAG.
The CAG said that while taking into consideration the census figures of 2011, 26 percent of the population in the state remained out of the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) coverage and the shortfall in allocation vis-à-vis requirement ranged between 31 and 36 percent in respect of wheat and seven and 32 percent in respect of rice under various schemes. |
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