JAMMU, NOVEMBER 23: A meeting of the Committee
on Public Accounts (PAC) of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was held
here today under the Chairmanship of MLA, Mohammad Akbar Lone.
The Committee examined the CAG’s audit paras
pertaining to Education Department regarding performance of audit of Mid Day
Meal Scheme, status of funds, inadmissible payment of pay and allowances, short
remittance of games fee and undue benefit to private institutions.
Legislators, Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Pawan Kumar
Gupta and Mohammad Yousuf Bhat attended the meeting and gave their valuable suggestions
to further improve functioning of the department.
The Committee directed the concerned
authorities to ensure that children get hygienic food under Mid May Meal Scheme
so that the main goal of introducing the schemes could be achieved.
Secretary,
Education Department, Farooq Ahmed Shah briefed about the action taken on CAGs
report besides present status of different state and centrally sponsored
schemes being executed by the department.
The Committee informed that the department has
started procedure on the pattern of Akshatra NGO of Karnataka to streamline the
Mid Day Meal scheme of Jammu and Samba district in first instance. The
Committee asked the concerned authorities to involve village level committees
in the streamline process of the scheme.
It was also informed that the department has
started day to day SMS service to monitor the status of mid day meal.
The Committee asked the department that the
main focus should be given on its management so that hassle free services would
be provided to the needy.
Regarding strengthening of Sports Council, it
was informed that the department is taking up several steps for promoting the
activities of the Council.
The Committee asked the concerned authorities
to make sure that the funds allocated for development of the Sports Council are
not diverted and utilized judiciously for larger interest of the sportsperson.
Deputy Accountant General, Audit, V K Bakshi
also pointed out the observations made by the CAGs in its audit report
pertaining to the Education department.
Secretary, JKBOSE Veena Pandita, Director
Education, Kashmir G N Itoo, Director Education, Jammu Ravinder Singh, Director
JKBOSE Dr Farooq Peer, besides Special Secretary Legislative Assembly, R L
Sharma, Additional Secretary, LA, Manzoor Ahmed Baba, Deputy Secretary, LA
Farooq Ahmed Khan and senior officers of Education Department and Assembly
Secretariat were also present in the meeting.
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