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-The Times of India



NEW DELHI: Raising doubts on the genuineness of the government's plan expenditure, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has written to the finance ministry saying its data provided on schemes worth over Rs 3 lakh crore for...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">-The Times of India</div><p align="justify"><br /><em>NEW DELHI: </em>Raising doubts on the genuineness of the government's plan expenditure, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has written to the finance ministry saying its data provided on schemes worth over Rs 3 lakh crore for 2012-13 &quot;points to serious deficiencies&quot;.</p><p align="justify">The auditor said a detailed scrutiny had revealed that government in several cases was giving post-dated sanctions - in some instances sanctions were granted by the finance department authorizing expenditure later than March 31, 2013 when the expenditure was for the period between 2010 and 2013.</p><p align="justify">In one such case, expenditure was made in the years 2000 and 2001 while sanctions were given in 2010-13, the auditor told the finance ministry.</p><p align="justify">The federal auditor also accused the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), the government's official account keeper, of sending incomplete data and not responding to its communications despite repeatedly seeking information and clarifications.</p><p align="justify">The CAG is in the process of finalizing the Union account for 2012-13 providing details of actual expenditure of the last financial year. However, the auditor has questioned the fairness in accounting saying the expenditure data provided by the CGA and those obtained through the e-lekha data and the finance accounts had huge difference.</p><p align="justify">The e-lekha is the government's financial management application, an electronic payment and accounting gateway meant to provide efficient and accurate data on its expenditure.</p><p align="justify">The central plan schemes monitoring data provided by CGA has put central plan expenditure at more than Rs 3 lakh crore while e-lekha has shown the same to be Rs 10,000 crore less. The expenditure figure provided by the government's finance accounts is similar to that given by e-lekha.</p><p align="justify">Sources said the auditor has raised questions on authenticity of government accounts in view of such contradictions in data.</p><p align="justify">The scrutiny of accounts has also revealed that in several cases, payments were released when the finance ministry had not even sanctioned those expenditure. At least Rs 500 crore of such expenditure has been pointed out.</p><p align="justify">The union accounts for 2012-13 should have been complete by October-November and tabled in Parliament in the winter session. However, the process of account finalization is unlikely to be completed in the next few months and may not be tabled in the only Parliament session left for the government in February.</p><p align="justify">Last year too, the auditor had to write repeatedly to the finance minister to secure data for the union account preparation which came in January 2013 for the accounts for 2011-12. </p>'
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CAG picks holes in govt spending worth Rs 3 lakh crore -Pradeep Thakur

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Raising doubts on the genuineness of the government's plan expenditure, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has written to the finance ministry saying its data provided on schemes worth over Rs 3 lakh crore for 2012-13 "points to serious deficiencies". The auditor said a detailed scrutiny had revealed that government in several cases was giving post-dated sanctions - in some instances sanctions were granted by the finance department authorizing expenditure later than March 31, 2013 when the expenditure was for the period between 2010 and 2013. In one such case, expenditure was made in the years 2000 and 2001 while sanctions were given in 2010-13, the auditor told the finance ministry. The federal auditor also accused the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), the government's official account keeper, of sending incomplete data and not responding to its communications despite repeatedly seeking information and clarifications. The CAG is in the process of finalizing the Union account for 2012-13 providing details of actual expenditure of the last financial year. However, the auditor has questioned the fairness in accounting saying the expenditure data provided by the CGA and those obtained through the e-lekha data and the finance accounts had huge difference. The e-lekha is the government's financial management application, an electronic payment and accounting gateway meant to provide efficient and accurate data on its expenditure. The central plan schemes monitoring data provided by CGA has put central plan expenditure at more than Rs 3 lakh crore while e-lekha has shown the same to be Rs 10,000 crore less. The expenditure figure provided by the government's finance accounts is similar to that given by e-lekha. Sources said the auditor has raised questions on authenticity of government accounts in view of such contradictions in data. The scrutiny of accounts has also revealed that in several cases, payments were released when the finance ministry had not even sanctioned those expenditure. At least Rs 500 crore of such expenditure has been pointed out. The union accounts for 2012-13 should have been complete by October-November and tabled in Parliament in the winter session. However, the process of account finalization is unlikely to be completed in the next few months and may not be tabled in the only Parliament session left for the government in February. Last year too, the auditor had to write repeatedly to the finance minister to secure data for the union account preparation which came in January 2013 for the accounts for 2011-12.