This Report for the year ended March 2014 has been prepared for submission to the Governor of Odisha under Article 151 of the Constitution of India.
The Report contains significant results of the performance audit and compliance audit of the Departments of the Government of Odisha under the General and Social Services including Departments of Revenue & Disaster Management, Higher Education, Rural Development, Labour & Employees State Insurance, Panchayati Raj, Women & Child Development and School & Mass Education Department. However, Departments of Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Housing & Urban Development, Public Grievances & Pension Administration, Sports & Youth Services, Culture, Home, Information & Public Relation, Law, Parliamentary Affairs, Health & Family Welfare, ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare, General Administration, Information Technology, Planning & Co-ordination, Public Enterprises, Finance and Science & Technology are not covered in this Report on General and Social Services.
The instances mentioned in this Report are those, which came to notice in the course of test audit for the period 2013-14 as well as those which came to notice in earlier years, but could not be reported in the previous Audit Reports; instances relating to the period subsequent to 2013-14 have also been included, wherever necessary. The audit has been conducted in conformity with the Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.