‘Losses worth crores in excise, power dept due to non-imposition of penalty’

  • | Sunday | 23rd September, 2018

“The CAG report would be discussed in the assembly committee where the officials of the respective departments will have to respond to each finding,” said Pant. Reacting to the findings of the CAG report, finance minister Prakash Pant told TOI that the concerned departments have been asked to submit an ‘action taken’ report in this regard. The department also failed to impose duty amounting to Rs 2.46 crore on higher content of alcohol than prescribed. “The vigilance team of UPCL carried out checks only to the extent of .18 per cent to .54 per cent of consumers in 14 divisions,” the CAG report said. Commenting on the working of distilleries in the state, the report said, “The excise department did not impose fines amounting to Rs 346.53 crore due to non-adherence of environmental norms by distilleries.

Dehradun: The latest CAG report for the year ended March 31, 2017 has recorded notional losses running into several hundred crores suffered by the state government especially in the power and excise departments.According to the report which was tabled in the state assembly last week, the losses are mainly due to delay in recovering of penalty and other charges by the departments. Commenting on the working of distilleries in the state, the report said, “The excise department did not impose fines amounting to Rs 346.53 crore due to non-adherence of environmental norms by distilleries. The department also failed to impose duty amounting to Rs 2.46 crore on higher content of alcohol than prescribed. Not achieving norms of minimum production, fermentation and distillation efficiency prescribed in the rules and loss of Total Reducing Sugar and molasses during transit resulted in loss of excise revenue of Rs 2.67 crore.”Among the three distilleries in the state, the Laksar distillery owed Rs 137 crore as fine while the one in Bazpur owed Rs 112 crore and the Kuanwala distillery owed Rs 7.49 crore, the report said.The scrutiny of Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) records by the auditor revealed that UPCL had distribution losses of Rs 240.91 crore in six divisions. “The vigilance team of UPCL carried out checks only to the extent of .18 per cent to .54 per cent of consumers in 14 divisions,” the CAG report said. The auditors added that “an additional security of Rs 58 crore and delay in payment surcharge amounting to Rs 132.58 crore could not be recovered by UPCL.”The central auditors also took to task the Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam for its failure in project execution leading to cost overrun of Rs 38.10 crore. Reacting to the findings of the CAG report, finance minister Prakash Pant told TOI that the concerned departments have been asked to submit an ‘action taken’ report in this regard. “The CAG report would be discussed in the assembly committee where the officials of the respective departments will have to respond to each finding,” said Pant.

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