PREFACE

This Report for the year ended 31 March 2001 has been prepared for submission to the President under Article 151 (1) of the Constitution. It covers matters arising from test audit of the transactions of the Scientific Departments of the Union Government, the autonomous bodies funded by these Departments and some major scientific organisations associated with other Departments.

This Report includes three reviews and 17 paragraphs. The institutions reviewed are:

1. Indian Agricultural Research Institute
2. National Dairy Research Institute
3. Zoological Survey of India

The cases mentioned in this Report are among those, which came to notice in the course of audit during 2000-2001. For the sake of completeness, matters relating to earlier years which could not be covered in the previous Reports have also been included, wherever pertinent. Similarly, results of audit of transactions subsequent to March 2001 in few cases have also been mentioned wherever relevant.