Major irregularities were detected in the performance audit of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin), Jal Jeevan Mission and MGNREGA in Jharkhand, according to the latest CAG reports tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Political Context
“Financial management under the scheme was inadequate. “The state identified 22.34 lakh eligible households by November 2022 under the scheme. However, inaccuracies in the priority list, inability of the state to utilise the targets and a two-year delay in finalising Awaas beneficiaries resulted in the Centre allocating only 16.02 lakh houses. As a consequence, 6.32 lakh eligible households could not be covered under the scheme,” the report on implementation of PMAY-G in Jharkhand said. Total expenditure under PMAY-G in the state was ₹ 14,113 crore against the total available funds of ₹ 20,199.98 crore with funding utilisation ranging between 55 and 83 per cent from 2019 to 2024,” the report said. The report on implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) said that the “state government approved 98,067 schemes under JJM at an estimated cost of ₹ 24,360 crore. Of these, 97,535 schemes had been taken up for execution at an agreed cost of ₹ 24,665.29 crore”.
