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Assam

Report of 2011 - Financial Audit on Urban Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions, Government of Assam

Date on which Report Tabled:
Fri 19 Jul, 2013
Date of sending the report to Government
Government Type
Local Bodies
Local Body Types
Panchayat Raj Institutions,Urban Local Bodies
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Overview

There were 2407 PRIs and 89 ULBs in the State as on 31 March 2012. The Principal Secretary, Panchayat and Rural Development Department (PRDD) and the Principal Secretary, Urban Development Department (UDD) are the administrative heads of PRIs and ULBs {except Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC)} respectively. The Secretary,Guwahati Development Department (GDD) is the administrative head of GMC.There was acute shortage of manpower at each level of PRI and urgent need to make them fully operational with adequate manpower. There was no prescribed staffing pattern for ULBs. The staffing pattern of ULBs and GMC proposed by the respective departments is under the consideration of the State Government. A clear policy in this regard need to be formulated by the State Government in the context of enhanced work load entrusted to PRIs & ULBs.

District Planning Committee (DPC) had been formed in all districts of General Areas,but they were yet to perform their mandated functions as envisaged in Article 243 ZD of the Constitution.Devolution of Fund, Functions and Functionaries (3Fs) to Panchayats and Municipalities is far below the desired level. Nevertheless, the GoA has created a Panchayat/Municipal window in the State Budget and every year a substantial portion of budgetary outlays under plan and non-plan in the revenue account is earmarked for Panchayats and Municipalities against the transferred subjects.

In the absence of suitable administrative machinery under the PRIs and ULBs, the amount earmarked is being spent through the functionaries of the respective line departments.Annual Technical Inspection Report for the year 2011-12 The State Government in November 2011 appointed 10 Ombudsmen and two Deputy Ombudsmen in 12 out of 27 districts in the State under section 27 (1) of the MGNREG Act, 2005. However, there was no provision in the Assam Panchayat Act (AP Act),Assam Municipal Act (AM Act) and GMC Act regarding setting up of Ombudsman for LBs.

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