By Akshata Kapadia, Parth Desai, Chartered Accountants
Vital statistics
pertaining to the
“Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for
the year ended March 2017” published in 2018 are covered below:
1.
Gross Expenditure by sectors of
General, Social and Economic Services and their autonomous bodies/corporations
|
S.no
|
Name of Ministry
|
2014-15
|
2015-16
|
2016-17
|
|
1.
|
Agriculture
|
26,572.32
|
22,778.34
|
48,997.61
|
|
2.
|
Ayurveda,
Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy
|
685.19
|
1,112.14
|
1,292.60
|
|
3.
|
Chemicals
and Fertilizers
|
75,411.37
|
77,966.79
|
70,604.54
|
|
4.
|
Civil
Aviation
|
6,626.28
|
4,168.10
|
3,405.79
|
|
5.
|
Coal
|
1,572.50
|
1,669.72
|
1,338.04
|
|
6.
|
Commerce
and Industry
|
7,438.02
|
7,400.47
|
6,507.48
|
|
7.
|
Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
|
1,29,663.57
|
1,62,384.89
|
1,47,333.84
|
|
8.
|
Corporate
Affairs
|
226.23
|
404.48
|
397.28
|
|
9.
|
Culture
|
2,069.19
|
2,011.83
|
2,302.55
|
|
10.
|
Development
of North Eastern Region
|
1,761.01
|
2,036.68
|
2,543.61
|
2. Delays in submission of
accounts by central autonomous bodies
2.
Status of laying of the audited
accounts in the Parliament
|
Year of account
|
Total number of bodies for which audited accounts
were issued but not presented to Parliament
|
Total number of audited accounts presented after
due date
|
|
2013-14
|
01
|
Nil
|
|
2014-15
|
01
|
04
|
|
2015-16
|
39
|
62
|
|
|
|
|
4. Utilisation Certificates
Outstanding as on 31 March 2017
As per the General Financial Rules,
certificates of utilisation in respect of grants released to statutory
bodies/organisations are required to be furnished within 12 months from the
closure of the financial year by the bodies/organisations concerned. The
position of outstanding utilisation certificates with significant money value
relating to 10 Ministries/Departments as of March 2017 is given in the table
below:
5. Flow of funds held in
Central Fund during 2012-13 to 2016-17
Audit examination of Central Fund of EIC at
EIA, Kolkata revealed that huge funds were lying idle for years together in the
savings bank account without any effort to ensure their prudent utilisation.
The year-wise position of inflow and outflow of funds held in the Central Fund
during the last five years ended 2016-17 is shown in Graph below:
