CAG to audit all rural development expenditures: Jairam
Rural Development Minister, Jairam Ramesh on
Monday said that the Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG, will audit
all rural development expenditures in the country from the year 2007 to
2011. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Mr. Ramesh said that the
performance audit of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act, MGNREGA, for all the states will be placed before Parliament by the
end of the winter session this year. He also informed that his Ministry
spends about 40 thousand crore rupees each year on the job guarantee
scheme.
The Minister said, the audit of Indira Aawas Yojana will also be
taken up next year and the audit system will be extended to other
schemes gradually. Mr. Ramesh said that it will be mandatory from this
year, for every Gram Panchayat’s expenditure to be certified by a
Chartered Accountant, drawn up from a district level panel prepared by
CAG.
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