The State Government has not submitted utilisatoin certificates (UCs) of Rs 45,340.89 crore under special purpose grants to Principal Accountant General by March 31, 2019 revealed a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India which was laid in State Assembly on Tuesday.
“As per the Odisha General Financial Rules (OGFR), 173 grants are sanctioned for specific purposes to a grantee outside Government. The Government obtains utilisation certificates from grantee and submit it to Principal Accountant General.
It was seen that State Government had not obtained UCs of Rs 15,746.80 crore upto 2016-17. Subsequently, it didn’t get UCs of rs 10,222.88 crore in 2017-18 and Rs 19,371.21 crore in 2018-19,” said the CAG report.
The Government also failed to submit detailed contingent (DC) of Rs 213 crore by Mach 31, 2019.
“When money is required in advance or Drawing and Disbursing Officers are not able to calculate exact amounts required, they are permitted to draw money without supporting documents through Abstract Contingent (AC) Bills. Such AC Bills are required to be settled, within a maximum 30 days, through submission of Detailed Contingent Bills. As on March 31, 2019, 1,271 DC bills amounting to Rs 213.41 crore were outstanding. This indicates that instructions were not followed by Government,” pointed out report.
Itrevealed thatGovernment could not spend Rs 19,069 crore out Expenditure of Rs 1,35,514 crore allotted inAppropriation Accouonts.“ The Appropriation Acts, 2018-19 had projected for the Gross Expenditure of Rs 1,35, 514 and Reduction of Expenditure (Recoveries) of Rs 2,696 crore.