Agri Ministry continues to spend money voted for drainage body –Auditor General

Spending by the Agriculture Ministry of money voted for the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has again been criticized by the Office of the Auditor General and a call made again for this to end.

The 2010 report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts of the Ministries/ Departments/Regions charged that the ministry continued to expend amounts which were voted as subvention and capital provision for the NDIA. According to the report,