CAG report raps Bihar admn

Though the report talks about a marked improvement in the fiscal position of the state under the changed regime, it underlines that it was primarily due to a steep increase in central tax transfers and grants-in-aid from the Centre. The report says that contributions of central tax transfers and grants-in-aid were 27.6 per cent and 57.4 per cent, respectively.

8220;A turnaround in fiscal position in 2006-07 was primarily due to steep an increase in central tax transfers and grants-in-aid from the Government of India over the previous year,8221; the report says.

Asked whether the report could be viewed as a the first report on the performance of the Nitish Kumar Government, Principal Accountant General Arun Kumar Singh said: 8220;Though the audit covers a period of five years, most of the cases relate to 2006-07.8221;

Audit of revenue receipts too indicts the state government severely as it mentions that it could raise only 20 per cent of the total revenue and adds that it incurred a revenue loss to the tune of over Rs 607 crore.