While speaking at the inaugural speech of the week-long Audit Diwas celebrations in the presence of Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankar, he said the CAG had been able to perform our tasks with a sense of purpose and duty despite the challenges of newer priorities of governance and changing dynamics of work culture in terms of emerging financial accounting systems and new technologies.

Patna Mar 31 PTI Over 3880 utilisation certificates of various projects and schemes of the Bihar government totalling Rs 92687 crore from 2019 to 2021 were not submitted till the end of FY21 according to a CAG reportThe report of the Comptroller and Auditor General CAG of India for the financial year 2020-21 was tabled in the state assembly on WednesdayThe state government provided budgetary support equity loans grants and subsidies and accepted liability of Rs 2014584 crore to 35 state public sector undertakings during the period for which their accounts were in arrears as of March 31 2021These PSUs have not finalised their accounts for the last one to 44 years in violation of provisions of the companies acts of the respective statutory corporationsPSUs I am therefore unable to discharge my responsibilities with regard to the certification of accounts of these PSUs as required under CAGs DPC Act 1971 Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu said in his audit observationsDuring 2020-21 fiscal 608 UCs amounting to Rs 1591162 crore were not submitted by bodies and authorities of the state as against the grant-in-aid provided by the Bihar government the CAG saidIn addition 3278 UCs totalling Rs 7677569 crore due for submission up to 2019-20 were also outstanding by the end of March 2021 the report saidThus a total of 3886 UCs amounting to Rs 9268731 crore were due for submission as on March 31 2021 it saidThe high pendency of UCs is fraught with risk of misappropriation of fund the CAG saidThe major defaulting departments are panchayati raj education and social welfare the report added PTI PKD BDC BDC

Shimla Sep 18 PTI President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said the Covid pandemic hit the countrys economy hard and the government has taken various fiscal measures to alleviate distress and help the poor Kovind said this at the valedictory ceremony of the National Academy of Audit and Accounts for the Indian Audit and Accounts Services IAAS trainee officers here Kovind said the past 18 months have been very trying for the country Economy was badly disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic he added The government has taken various fiscal measures for the welfare of the poor and alleviate distress he said These are often financed through money which may be said to have been borrowed from our children and grandchildren he added We owe it to them that these scarce resources are put to best possible use and are most effectively used for the welfare of the poor he said adding that CAG has a very important role in this Kovind said audit engagements provide a unique opportunity of gaining deep understanding of the system and place CAG in a good position of suggesting improvements The President gave away medals to meritorious trainee officers on the occasion His wife Savita Kovind Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur were also present Earlier Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu welcomed the President Director General of National Academy of Audit and Accounts Sunil S Dadhe detailed about various activities of the institute The President is on four-day visit of Himachal Pradesh On Friday evening the governor organised a cultural programme and banquet at the Raj Bhawan in his honour Kovind will leave Shimla for Delhi on Sunday morning PTI DJI RDK RDK