3 IITs made wasteful payments of ?18.03 cr in 2015-16: CAG
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has revealed three IITs made wasteful payments amounting to ?18.03 crore in FY 2015-16. IIT-Roorkee spent ?15.06 crore for construction of sewer lines which was delayed by four years, besides paying ?1.33 crore service tax for services which were exempted. IIT-Madras paid ?1.05 crore avoidable penal charges on electricity consumption.
A CAG report has exposed wasteful and avoidable expenditures, and irregularities in three IITs at Jodhpur, Roorkee, and Madras, that cost the exchequer around Rs 18.03 crore.According to the Comptroller and Auditor General?s report ? Compliance Audit Observations for year ended March 2016 ? IIT-Roorkee spent Rs 15.06 crore in vain for construction of sewer lines and sewage treatment plant projects which was not completed even after four years from the date of completion.IIT-Roorkee had also paid service tax to the tune of around Rs 1.33 crore for outsourced services although these services were exempted from such tax, the report stated.IIT-Jodhpur had irregularly waived recovery of excess payment amounting to Rs 59.38 lakh to its faculty.The report said, ?The MHRD has directed IIT-Jodhpur to stop overpayment and recover the excess payments?.IIT-Madras has been accused of incurring avoidable expenditure of Rs 1.05 crore towards penal charges on electricity consumption.Besides, Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode (IIM-K) has also been accused of extending GPF and pension scheme to its employees without government approval which has cost Rs 61.20 lakh. 