A public hearing of social audits done for MGNREGS, National Social Assistance Scheme and 15th Finance Commission grants utilised in the financial year 2021-22 in Khariar block of Nuapada district was held on Wednesday.
Khariar Panchayat Samiti Chairperson Puspanjali Nanda, Vice Chairman Gautam Tandi and ZP Chief Executive Officer, Madhuchhanda Sahu were present.
District Social Audit Officer Milan Pati presented the findings at the beginning. The main findings of SA on MGNREGS were poor maintenance of case records, absence of information board in work sites and financial deviations etc. The SA team said that case records of projects were not maintained as per guideline and prescribed check lists of MGNREGS. In most of the cases work orders had not been issued and pictures of worksite facilities, different stages of works, wage list and FTO details were not found in the case records.
Likewise, in most cases the pictures of information boards were not found and there was poor maintenance of muster rolls. The SA team also revealed that the concerned officials were reluctant to submit the case records of the projects to the SA team.
Financial deviations had also been identified in many projects. Vouchers of expenditures were missing in some files. In the National Social Assistance Programme, payments have been released to dead persons, it was found.
The Public Hearing Committee decided to impose fine according to guidelines on officials for not submitting records to the SA team.