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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Jairam asks CAG to audit NREGA

Jairam asks CAG to audit NREGA

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published Published on Oct 11, 2011   modified Modified on Oct 11, 2011

-The Times of India

 

Just when sections in the Congress and the government have questioned the procedures of the CAG, the rural development ministry under Jairam Ramesh has invited the government auditor to inspect the accounts of UPA's flagship programme MGNREGA.

Sources in the rural development ministry said the CAG earlier could not audit MGNREGA accounts because of some "ambiguities" which had now been done away with after Jairam's intervention.

They also said the ministry has already written to the auditor in this regard, requesting the CAG to appoint special accountant generals to examine the spend on all rural development schemes, which put together, involve an expenditure of Rs 1,00,000 crore. For this purpose, the ministry has grouped the states into seven regional clusters. Surprisingly, the rural development ministry's approach contrasts with the criticism of the CAG by both the Congress and the government.

The CAG has come under attack for its procedures and the way in which it has sought the public's attention to its work. In fact, Congress members on Public Accounts Committee on Monday insisted that comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai be called to explain the agency's estimate of loss in the 2G scam in light of reports that his colleagues were split on the issue.

What is more interesting, Jairam has also agreed to participate in the two-day conclave that the CAG is planning with representatives of the government and others at Shimla, beginning October 15.

In a letter explaining the purpose of the conclave, Rai acknowledged the debate whether the CAG had, under him, overstepped its jurisdiction. "There has been much debate in the past on the CAG's mandate. However, some of our recent reports on 2G and CWG have generated greater debate on the limitations of the CAG to look into policy matters and report thereupon," Rai wrote.

He further said, "The fine distinction between policy decisions and policy implementation issues is somewhat difficult to make and at times tends to converge in the entire process of government functioning." Nearly 10 secretaries of Union ministries and finance secretaries will take part in the conclave.

The Times of India, 11 October, 2011, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jairam-asks-CAG-to-audit-NREGA/articleshow/10308864.cms


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