R. Thiruppathi Venkatasamy, Principal Accountant General (Audit-II), Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, releasing the CAG reports at a press conference in Puducherry on Tuesday.
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The Comptroller and Auditor General of India in its report for the year ended March 2024, has flagged shortcomings in the implementation of certain schemes in the Union Territory.Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Principal Accountant General (Audit-II), Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Thiruppathi Venkatasamy said the report has been tabled in the Assembly on the last day of the Budget session.Besides highlighting the shortcomings in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Jal Jeevan Mission in Puducherry, the audit has found lapses in the functioning of certain departments, including the Adi-Dravidar and Scheduled Tribes Welfare.The CAG in its press handout said the land acquired at a cost of ₹13.46 crore for the Indira Gandhi College of Arts and Science, Puducherry, remained unutilised for over 15 years due to absence of an approach road.Similarly, due to non-provision of necessary funds by the Adi-Dravidar and Scheduled Tribes Welfare Department, a multipurpose hall constructed up to beam level at a cost of ₹4.46 crore has remained incomplete for the past four-and-a-half years, the handout read.A hostel constructed for Other Backward Classes girls remained unutilised, since inauguration, due to its isolated location resulting in unfruitful expenditure of ₹1.98 crore, it said. Published - September 01, 2026 08:22 pm IST
