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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | SC directs CAG to find how Rs 20,000 cr meant for workers' welfare has been spent

SC directs CAG to find how Rs 20,000 cr meant for workers' welfare has been spent

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published Published on May 17, 2017   modified Modified on May 17, 2017
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The court was hearing a PIL alleging that the statutory cess levied from real estate firms for the welfare of construction workers was not being utilised properly.

Where has a whopping amount of Rs 20,000 crore, meant for workers’ welfare, gone? Spent on tea parties or vacation of officials? Even the Comptroller and Auditor General doesn’t know, wondered the Supreme Court.

These posers were put to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) by the Supreme Court which was left wondering as to where this huge amount of money has gone. The court was hearing a PIL filed by NGO ‘National Campaign Committee for Central Legislation on Construction Labour’ which has alleged that the statutory cess levied from real estate firms for the welfare of construction workers was not being utilised properly as there was no mechanism to identify the beneficiaries and extending the benefits to them. The apex court’s remarks came after it perused an affidavit and a report filed by the CAG in the matter, as it termed the facts mentioned in them as “quite startling”.

“Even the CAG does not know where is the money. It is about Rs 20,000 crore,” a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta observed. “Where is this money going? Has it gone in a tea party or for vacation of officials? You have to find it out,” the bench directed the CAG.

The court said that the first step that needed to be taken was to ascertain from each states and union territories the amount collected under the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 since it was enacted in 1996 till March 31 this year. “The amount so collected will be intimated to the office of the CAG,” it said, adding, “Similarly, the amount collected over the years and which has been transferred to the building and other construction workers welfare board should also be indicated to the office of the CAG as on March 31, 2017.”

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The Indian Express, 14 May, 2017, http://indianexpress.com/article/india/sc-directs-cag-to-find-how-rs-20000-cr-meant-for-workers-welfare-has-been-spent-4654960/


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