Non-levy of taxes, duties costs state `233.5 crore
The CAG report on Maharashtra government’s revenue receipts for the year that ended on March 2012, has pointed out cases of non-levy or short levy of taxes, duties, interests and penalties to the tune of `233.59 crore. The CAG has also expressed displeasure about lack of response to audit reports and non-recovery of `2,667 crore from the cases pointed out by the CAG in its earlier reports.
Expressing displeasure, the CAG has said, “Scrutiny of the inspection reports issued till December 31, 2011 revealed that 10,860 observations relating to 4,921 inspection reports involving `2,667.74 crore remained outstanding at the end of June 2012.” Two of the biggest defaulters of non-recovery are home and revenue department.
The CAG has also said that the development of ports in Maharashtra is taking place in an ad-hoc manner. The report further noted that contract for development of six ports was awarded on a build, own, operate, share and transfer basis for a 50-year period without calling for competitive bids. “Maharashtra Maritime Board did not prepare any comprehensive plan that envisaged a long-term vision for the ports,” it said.
The CAG report on social sector has revealed that in over 70 per cent of the domestic violence cases registered in Maharashtra between 2008 and 2011, the victims are yet to be heard. The CAG has also pulled up Maharashtra women and child development depar-tment for not putting in place a mechanism to as-sess the number of children in need of care and protection. As a result, the planning for establis-hment of children’s hom-es was skewed, it said.
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