All expenditure incurred in rural
development works would come under the CAG's scrutiny from next week
because people have a right to know how the money was being spent, Union
Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday.
"This
is absolutely essential when hundred thousand crore of rupees are spent
by the government all over the country for rural development. The
people have a right to know...So the expenditure has to be subjected to
CAG audit," the Union Rural Development Minister said.
"An announcement to this effect will be made next week," Ramesh told reporters in Guwahati.
Stating
that he had three rounds of discussions with the Comptroller and
Auditor General (CAG), Ramesh said special accountant generals would be
assigned for auditing rural funds.
The
CAG would also conduct a performance audit of NREGA scheme in eleven
states irrespective of the political party in power there, Ramesh said.
"I
will demand the highest standards of transparency and accountability in
the expenditure of rural development funds," the minister said.
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