CAG reports on Gujarat tabled in Gujarat Assembly on September 19

September 28, 2018
Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Presented here are the reports of Comptroller and Auditor General on Gujarat that were tabled in the State assembly on September 19.

Report No.3 of 2018 – Public Sector Undertakings Government of Gujarat

  • Date on which Report Tabled:  19th Sep,2018
  • Government Type:  State
  • State:  Gujarat
  • Sector:  General Sector Ministries and Constitutional Bodies
  • Report Type:  Compliance, Performance
  • Download Audit Report File:  Report No.3 of 2018 – Public Sector Undertakings Government of Gujarat(1.93MB)
  • Date of report to sent government:  Tuesday, 5 June, 2018
  • Upload the report file:  Yes

Overview

This Report contains Audit findings noticed during audit of Government Companies/Statutory Corporations of Government of Gujarat during 2016-17. This Report is divided into three chapters which contain Compliance Audit observations and one Performance Audit.

Report No.4 of 2018 – General and Social Sector Government of Gujarat

  • Date on which Report Tabled:  19th Sep,2018
  • Government Type:  State
  • State:  Gujarat
  • Sector:  Education, Health & Family Welfare, Social Infrastructure
  • Report Type:  Compliance, Performance
  • Download Audit Report File:  Report No.4 of 2018 – General and Social Sector Government of Gujarat(13.63MB)
  • Date of report to sent government:  Monday, 6 August, 2018
  • Upload the report file:  Yes

Overview

The Audit Report (General and Social Sector) for the year ended 31 March 2017 contains one Performance Audit  on “Working of select Government Medical Colleges and attached  Teaching Hospitals” and four Compliance Audit paragraphs covering themes on “Implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009”, “Mukhyamantri Amrutum Yojana and Mukhyamantri Amrutum Vatsalaya Yojana”, “Enforcement of Factories Act in Gujarat”, “Development of Infrastructure and promotion of sports activities in Gujarat” and seven individual paragraphs

Report No.5 of 2018 – Local Bodies Government of Gujarat

  • Date on which Report Tabled:  19th Sep,2018
  • Government Type:  State
  • State:  Gujarat
  • Sector:  Local Bodies
  • Report Type:  Compliance, Performance
  • Download Audit Report File:  (7.65MB)
  • Date of report to sent government:  Monday, 6 August, 2018
  • Upload the report file:  Yes

Overview

This Report contains four chapters. The first and the third chapters contain an overview of the functioning, accountability mechanism and financial reporting issues of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) respectively. The second chapter contains a Performance Audit paragraph and a Compliance Audit paragraph on the Audit of financial transactions of PRIs. The fourth chapter contains two Compliance Audit paragraphs and three individual paragraphs on ULBs. A synopsis of the findings contained in the Performance Audit and Compliance Audits are presented in this overview

Earlier tabled reports this year

Report No.2 of 2018 – State Finances Government of Gujarat

Overview

This Report provides an analytical review of the Annual Accounts of the State Government for the year 2016-17. The Report is structured in three Chapters.

Contents:

Chapter I is based on the Finance Accounts and makes an assessment of the Government’s fiscal position as on 31 March 2017. It provides an insight into trends of different components of the Government’s receipts, expenditure and borrowing pattern, besides giving a brief account of fiscal imbalances.

Chapter II is based on the Appropriation Accounts and gives a grant-wise description of appropriations and the manner in which the allocated resources were managed by the service delivery Departments.

Chapter III is an inventory of the Government’s compliance with various reporting requirements and financial rules. The Report also has additional data collated from several other sources in support of the findings.

Report No.1 of 2018 – Economic Sector Government of Gujarat

Overview

In the Performance Audit of “Working of Fisheries Department” audit observed that the Department prepared a Five Year Plan (2012-17) with cumulative targets to be achieved, however, year-wise targets and matching financial outlays for various components were not included in the Plan. Besides, variations in the original budget estimates and revised budget estimates were noticed indicating unrealistic projections and instances of funds lying unutilised due to delay/ ineffective implementation of the schemes. For development of Inland fisheries, the Department was not able to meet the requirement of fish seeds, the reservoirs/ ponds were under-utilised and there were delays in schemes on fish culture cage. For the purpose of development of Marine fisheries, the implementation of infrastructure projects was affected due to delays in taking up the projects thereby depriving the fishing sector the benefits of better facilities. The delays in transferring the subsidy due to inadequate funds defeated the purpose of providing direct benefit of Diesel VAT subsidy to the fishermen. The Department did not use or amend the provisions of Fisheries Act, 2003 to adopt uniform fishing ban period and fixing the limit for berthing of fishing boats in Fisheries Terminal Divisions. The Department did not conduct any impact evaluation of the schemes.

In the theme based audit of “Regulation of activities in the Protected Areas of Gujarat”, audit observed that no new protected habitat for lions has been approved since 2008 despite increasing number of Asiatic lions. While notifying the ESZ around three PAs, the area of forest land and government wasteland was reduced considerably. The implementation of modern technology for the conservation of Asiatic Lion was very slow. Instances of allowing prohibited activities within the protected areas and not ensuring compliance with conditions subject to which certain projects were permitted within the Protected Areas were observed.

In the theme based audit of “Salinity Ingress Prevention Scheme”, audit observed that the HLC reports accepted during the period 1978 to 1992 were not implemented fully even after a lapse of 25 to 39 years. The implementation has been above 50 per cent only in respect of check dams, tidal regulators/ bandharas and recharge wells. In respect of afforestation, coastal land reclamation, TCD farms and gully and nalla plugging the implementation has been negligible. Out of the four reaches where the works were implemented, the progress was significant in Una-Madhavpur and Maliya-Lakhpat and negligible in Bhavnagar-Una and Madhavpur-Maliya reaches. The cost of SIPS has increased from ₹ 789.12 crore to ₹ 3,590.44 crore (March 2017). Even in the activities that have been implemented, all the envisaged chainages have not been covered mainly due to non-acquisition of land leading to cases of incomplete works, unfruitful expenditure and idling of facility.

 

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