Assam Has Rs 2 Lakh Crore Irregularity Queries Pending In 25 years: Audit Body

In its report for financial year ending on March 31, 2019, CAG said that the alleged irregularities were pointed out in 2,734 inspection reports issued between 1994-95 and 2018-19, covering 55 departments of the state government.

The Assam government is yet to settle queries regarding alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs 2,15,286 crore highlighted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in various departments over a span of 25 years since 1994, according to the latest report of the public auditor tabled in the state assembly. In its report on social, economic (non-PSUs) and general sectors for the financial year that ended on March 31, 2019, the CAG said that the alleged irregularities were pointed out in 2,734 inspection reports (IRs) issued between 1994-95 and 2018-19 covering 55 departments of the state government. "We report that on IRs issued up to December 2018, 39,479 paragraphs pertaining to 6,385 IRs were outstanding for settlement at the end of June 2019," said the report, which was tabled during the ongoing Budget Session of the Assam assembly. These IRs are related to various departments like Public Health Engineering, PWD, Water Resource, Irrigation and Inland Water Transport, and other civil departments, it said.