Audit Reports
Jammu and Kashmir
Report of 2011 - Performance Audit on District Jammu of Government of Jammu Kashmir
Overview
To provide an effective delivery system so that the benefits envisaged under various programmes undertaken by the Government percolate down to the people, the Government of India made public participation mandatory vide 74th Amendment Act, 1992 to the Constitution of India by empowering local governments at District, Block and Gram Panchayat level so as to elicit their views in plan formulation by their active participation and to inculcate in them a sense of ownership. As the Panchayati Raj System has not been fully implemented in the State due to non-enactment of the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India by the State Legislature, the involvement of these agencies is negligible and the decisions in the implementation of any programme in the Districts is taken at the district level by District Development Boards (DDB) headed by the Chief Minister of the State/ Senior Cabinet Minister constituted for the purpose comprising the District Development Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Chief Planning Officer and elected representatives of the district. It was in this context that district centric approach towards these aspects was thought imperative to assess the impact of various socio-economic developmental activities on various sectors undertaken in the district and to bring out shortcomings in achievement of the laid down targets along with significant positives.
Substantial funds to the tune of Rs. 2880.03 crore were allocated during 2006-2011 to social, economic and general sectors by the State Government and also by the Government of India (GOI) through flagship programmes (Centrally Sponsored Schemes-CSS). Most of the funds provided through CSS are released directly by the GOI to the executing agencies instead of routing the same through the budget of the State Government to avoid loss of time in release of funds. Audit was conducted during August 2010 to April 2011 of different sectors like Education, Medical, Public Health (PHE), Sanitation, Rural Development, Forest, Tourism etc. to ascertain the impact of various programmes undertaken during 2006-07 to 2010-11 by State Government and the Government of India (GOI). The audit findings have been discussed in the succeeding paragraphs.
A long term Perspective Plan based on inputs from stakeholders to have an integrated approach for development of the District had not been formulated with the result the critical gaps in developmental activities remained unattended. The District Administration plays little or no role in execution or monitoring of the centrally sponsored schemes.