The State government has reported 72 cases of theft, misappropriation and loss of money amounting to Rs 1.14 crore up to March 2023.
According to the State Finances Audit Report of the CAG, two cases involving the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly saw the highest misappropriation, with a total of Rs 44.08 lakh out of the total Rs 113.85 lakh.
The misappropriation was detected in the Public Works, Horticulture, Community & Rural Development, Land Record and Survey, Mining & Geology, Finance, Health and Public Health Engineering departments, with the highest number of cases at 57.
While the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly had issued instructions on July 1993 for submission of suo motu explanatory notes by the concerned administrative departments within one month of presentation of the Audit Reports to the State Legislature, the committee has not taken up the reports for discussion yet even till December 2023, the CAG said.
