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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | CAG to monitor spending of all rural, potable water schemes: Jairam Ramesh

CAG to monitor spending of all rural, potable water schemes: Jairam Ramesh

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published Published on Nov 5, 2011   modified Modified on Nov 5, 2011

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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will now scrutinise all the schemes of Rural Development Ministry and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said today.

Announcing the decision, Ramesh said the two Ministries annually spend Rs 88,000 crore which is the single largest amount of public expenditure other than Defence and it is very important to have CAG audit in the Ministry schemes for ensuring accountability and transparency.

"Now all schemes of the Ministry of Rural Development and all schemes of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation will be open for CAG audit depending on the schedule that CAG decides," he told reporters here.

Describing CAG as a body that is empowered by the Constitution, Ramesh said the Accountant Generals in different states will be empowered to carry out the audit of Rural Development Ministry expenditure for various schemes including MGNREGA.

"I should be held accountable, the state should be held accountable, the local bodies should be held accountable. All of us should be held accountable. It is not enough for me to say that we are giving the money and somebody else is implementing it," the Minister said.

The CAG may conduct not only financial audit and compliance audit, but also performance audits with regard to these schemes.

"To begin with performance audits of MGNREGA in 12 states will be taken up. These states are Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh," he said.
 


The Economic Times, 4 November, 2011, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/cag-to-monitor-spending-of-all-rural-potable-water-schemes-jairam-ramesh/articleshow/10607269.cms


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