The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Goa’s fiscal performance between 2014-15, tabled in the assembly on Wednesday, noted that the government has increased its revenue receipts by 19.21 per cent against the expenditure by 8.92 per cent in the previous year. According to the CAG, as against the revenue deficit of Rs 353 crore incurred during the preceding year (2013-14) the government has registered a revenue surplus of Rs 279 crore during 2014–15.

Meanwhile, the same report also pointed out that until June 2015, in about 95 per cent of the cases, the government departments did not submit Utilization Certificates (UCs) for an aggregate amount of Rs 1,449 crore, and pointed out that grants and loans disbursed lacked monitoring. CAG added that the non-monitoring of such funds may lead to its misuse.

In reference to promotion of tourism, while the CAG said that tourism department had implemented some of its recommendation in-terms of selection of agencies for contracting advertising, construction of sewage and waste management and commencement of tourism projects. It added that the new tourism policy has not yet been introduced and tourist amenities are lacking.

In the revenue sector, the report pointed out that although Rs 15.92 crores were to be recovered from the mining companies for their failure to comply with the environment clearance norms, the same has not yet been done.

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