Government commercial enterprises, the accounts of which are subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, fall under the following categories:
Government companies,
Statutory corporations, and
Departmentally managed commercial undertakings.
This Report deals with the results of audit in respect of Government companies and Statutory corporations and has been prepared for submission to the Government of Madhya Pradesh under Section 19-A of the Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971, as amended from time to time.
Audit of the accounts of Government companies is conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) under the provisions of Section 619 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Audit of the accounts of Madhya Pradesh Road Transport Corporation and Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board which are Statutory corporations, CAG is the sole auditor. In respect of Madhya Pradesh Financial Corporation
and Madhya Pradesh Warehousing and Logistics Corporation which are Statutory corporations the Audit is conducted by Chartered
Accountants and supplementary audit is done by CAG. The Audit Reports on annual accounts of these corporations are forwarded separately to the State Government.
The cases mentioned in this Report are those which came to notice in the course of audit during the year 2011-12 as well as those which came to notice in earlier years, but were not dealt with in the previous Reports. Matters relating to the period subsequent to 2011-12 have also been included, wherever necessary.
Audit has been conducted in conformity with the Auditing Standards issued by CAG, based on the auditing standards of the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions.