Nagaland NewsBalances kept unspent in civil deposits

Balances kept unspent in civil deposits

Controller and Auditor General (CAG) of India report on state finance for the year ended March 31, 2015, detected that an amount of Rs. 80.46 crore was drawn by 16 departments during the year 2014-15 for implementation of different schemes.
The departments include- Controller LM&CP, Directorate of science and technology, state institute of rural development, Directorate of IT&C, Directorate of evaluation, Directorate of horticulture, Directorate of economics and statistics, Transport Commissioner, Directorate of V&AH, election department, directorate of women resource development, directorate of LR&S directorate YRS, directorate of printing and stationary, directorate of RD and department justice and law.
Out of the amount drawn, the departments utilized an amount of Rs. 20.41 crore (25.37%) during the financial year. The remaining amount Rs. 55.02 crore (68.38%) was kept in civil deposited and Rs. 5.03 crore (6.25%) in current bank account. In addition, two banks revealed that an aggregate amount of Rs. 467.76 crore was lying in the respective bank account of 93 DDOs as on March 31, 2015.    
CAG report also revealed that, during the period 2010-15, National Bamboo Mission (NBM) had sanctioned of Rs. 10.68 lakh for imparting training to 158 filed functionaries. 
       Out of this, only 63 out functionaries were trained by the skilled group members of Nagaland Bamboo development Agency (NBDA) incurring an expenditure of Rs. 3.14 lakh. Following which, the amount of Rs.7.54 lakh remained unutilized, the report said.   

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