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In the MG-NREGS, losses were reported from 2 districts— Rs 22.28 crore successful Visakhapatnam successful Andhra Pradesh and Rs 11.80 lakh successful Nadia territory of West Bengal.
The Internal Audit Wing (IAW) of the Union Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has detected discrepancies starring to losses totalling Rs 35.37 crore successful immoderate districts of Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh nether the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MG-NREGS) during 2023-24. Out of this, the IAW flagged losses totalling Rs 34.02 crore successful Virudhunagar territory of Tamil Nadu alone, too Rs 1.09 crore successful Nagaur (Rajasthan) and Rs 26 lakh successful Morena (Madhya Pradesh).
According to sources, the IAW findings are portion of the Annual Review of Performance Audit for 2023-24, a study prepared by the Office of Chief Controller of Accounts and shared with the MoRD. The IAW conducted an audit of 92 works of assorted agrarian improvement schemes, including MG-NREGS, crossed the state during 2023-24. The study besides showed that a nonaccomplishment of Rs 5.20 lakh was detected successful the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana (PMAY-G) successful Pherzawl territory of Manipur.
As per the report, the IAW besides recovered cases of wasteful and infructuous and unauthorised expenditure connected works nether MG-NREGS, PMAY-G and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) crossed Gujarat, Sikkim, Manipur, Odisha, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar. The full magnitude of wasteful and unauthorised expenditure crossed these states was reported astatine Rs 15.20 crore.
“ln 2023-24, a full of 92 risk-based interior audits were conducted, the highest since the constitution of the interior audit helping successful this ministry… schemes tally by the ministry are societal payment successful nature. Therefore, it is important to walk the wealth for the intent it is meant successful a transparent manner. The benefits should scope the intended beneficiaries and pb to a robust agrarian economy. IAW tries to verify the worth for wealth and judicious expenditure successful a transparent mode portion conducting interior audit of units and risk-based audit of the schemes/programmes,” the study noted.
In the past fiscal twelvemonth (2022-23), the IAW had detected a nonaccomplishment of Rs 23.17 crore successful the implementation of the NREGS, PMGSY and National Social Assistance Program (NSAP). The maximum losses were reported nether MG-NREGS (Rs 22.39 crore), followed by PMGSY (Rs 74 lakh) and the NSAP (Rs 2 lakh).
In the MG-NREGS, losses were reported from 2 districts— Rs 22.28 crore successful Visakhapatnam successful Andhra Pradesh and Rs 11.80 lakh successful Nadia territory of West Bengal. The PMGSY losses were reported from West Tripura territory (Rs 74 lakh), portion losses nether the NSAP were reported from West Bengal’s Malda (Rs 2.81 lakh).
Queries sent to the MoRD for remark did not person a response.
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