This Report has been prepared for submission to the Governor of Goa under Article 151 of the Constitution.
Chapter I of this report indicates audited entity profile, authority for audit, organisational structure of the office of Accountant General, Goa, planning and conduct of audit, response of the Departments to the draft paragraphs etc. Significant audit observations included in this Report have also been brought out in this Chapter.
Chapter-II deals with the findings of Performance audit on 'Water Supply Schemes in the State' while Chapter-in covers audit of transactions in the Public Works Department, Public Health Department, Women and Child Development Department, Finance and Tourism Department.
Performance Audit on 'Levy and collection of stamp duty and registration fee' and observations arising out of audit of revenue receipts of the State in the various Departments are included in Chapter-IV of this Report.
Performance Audit on 'Loan recovery performance of EDC limited' and the observations arising out of audit of commercial and trading activities of the Government are included in Chapter-V of this Report.
The cases mentioned in the Report are among those which came to notice in the course of test audit of accounts during the year 2012-13 as well as those which had come to notice in earlier years but could not be dealt with in previous Reports. Matters relating to the period subsequent to 2012-13 have also been included, wherever necessary.