Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with Bihar Legislative Council Speaker Awadhesh Narain Singh and other legislators on the sidelines of the budget session in Patna on Thursday (February 26, 2026). | Photo credit: ANI
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) the report for the period ending March 31, 2023, tabled in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on Thursday (February 26, 2026), detailed revenue arrears to the government of ₹ 4,884.86 crore as on that date, of which ₹ 1,430.32 crore was outstanding for more than five years. The report also said there was a “mismatch” in TDS/TCS liability of ₹64.91 crore in 12 cases of eight taxpayers in seven circles.
“The total revenue of the Government of Bihar for the year 2022-23 was ₹1,72,688.02 crore, of which the revenue received by the state government from its own resources was ₹48,152.63 crore. The share of revenue from the Government of India was ₹1,352.63 billion (1.39% of the total revenue of 7.24 billion),” the C&AG report submitted in House on Thursday (February 26), which further added that “Revenue arrears as on March 31, 2023 in respect of major revenue stood at ₹ 4,884.86 crore, of which ₹ 1,430.32 crore was outstanding for more than five years”.
The C&AG report categorizes arrears across different departments. The audit report found that the Department of Mines and Geology had not provided details of these charges for more than five years.
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The report also highlighted that there was a “mismatch of TDS/TCS (tax deducted at source and tax collected at source) amounting to ₹64.91 crore in 12 cases of eight taxpayers in seven circles”. Besides, the report said, “non-compliance of the ministry’s directions for implementation of road, education, health and agriculture clearances by the concerned DLAOs (District Land Acquisition Authorities) has resulted in a shortfall of ₹ 1.15 crore in residue collection”.
Similarly, Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited, the C&AG report, “incurred wasteful expenditure of ₹ 5.35 crore on the construction of an unfinished bridge due to overlooking the mandatory requirements to comply with the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, 1958 during the planning of the project.”
“Under-assessment/short levy/loss of revenue of ₹4,719.19 crore was in 1,764 cases. The concerned departments accepted under-assessment and other deficiencies of ₹23.09 crore in 263 cases which were brought to their notice during previous years and stated that ₹57.2 crore had been recovered in previous years. “Twenty registering authorities failed to detect under-valuation of land in 42 instruments, resulting in undervaluation of the property/instrument and subsequently short collection of stamp duty and registration fee of ₹4.45 crore”.
“Of the 37 operating State Public Sector Enterprises (SPSEs), 13 incurred losses, as per their latest final accounts for 2022-2023. As of March 2023, there were 14 SPSEs that had accumulated losses of ₹ 27,307.96 crore as their net worth 10 of them were negative net worth 14 as on 31 March 2023 2023,” said the report, which also stated that “due to its lax attitude, the Bihar State Educational Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited could not properly monitor the renewal and verify the authenticity of the bank guarantees submitted, resulting in undue favoring of ₹94.25 lakhs to the contractors”.
The report further adds that “implementation of Mukhyamantri Kshetra Vikas Yojana (MKVY) in all 13 test-screened divisions of Local Area Engineering Organization (LAEO) 28 to 59% of the total available funds were not utilized resulting in unutilized balances in their respective Personal Book accounts. “Bihar Local Area Development Agency (BLAFDA) did not prepare any model designs and estimates though they were required for execution of works under MKVY,” she stated.
Similarly, the report goes on to state that “there was significantly less expenditure on information, education and communication (IEC) activities, which affected outreach activities among beneficiaries and resulted in low levels of verification of target beneficiaries”.
Published – 27 Feb 2026 06:41 IST
