New Delhi: The administrator and general auditor (CAG) have identified serious outages in the functioning of the Ministry of Communication and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), increasing concern for loss of income, weak supervision and inefficient policy in key projects.
The audit report, which was presented in parliament on Tuesday, emphasized the discrepancies in the field of telecommunications and incentives for electronics production, which could affect the “Make in India” initiative and its pressure to improve the country’s digital infrastructure.
The audit introduced a picture of weak supervision and financial inefficiency across digital infrastructure and telecommunications management. Given that the government aggressively sought self -confidence in telecommunications, semiconductors and digital services, findings raises questions about the implementation and responsibility in key systems.
Telecom: Poor numbers
The biggest red flag in the CAG report was the telecommunications sector. The auditor of the peak said that the Ministry of Telecommunications could not recover £2 463.67 crore from telecommunications service providers for delay in income evaluation.
The audit body found that the evaluation of income, which was to be completed within 12 months, lasted an average of 20 months, which led to insufficient captivity. It also questioned SARAS income management system, established to streamline the collection of telecommunications revenues.
Indian telecommunications sector that almost contributes £14,000 Crore annually through the government sharing a check for insufficient reports and gaps in compliance.
CAG also identified the main financial garbage in BSNL and revealed how the state telecommunications operator lost £1 757.76 Crore by not charging Reliance Jio for further use of technologies under the infrastructure sharing agreement.
BSNL also suffered losses £38.36 Crore by not writing license fees from payments to telecommunications infrastructure and £5.43 Crore because of its inability to request GST tax loans.
Electronics production: defective payouts
The national auditor found a delay in the processing of applications and the payment of incentives within the scheme of the package with a modified special incentive (M-SIP), which was introduced to strengthen the production of electronics.
Despite £36,991 Crore at determined investments within this system, only £2 136 Crore was paid to April 2023. Frequent changes in policy also led to discrepancies that influenced investors’ confidence, CAG said in her report for the year ending on March 31, 2023.
National Knowledge Network: Poor bandwidth
The audit body pointed out the financial inefficiency in the national knowledge network, a project that was supposed to connect universities, research institutions and hospitals with high -speed Internet. The £Project 6 548-Crore, which recorded more extensions, has met its connectivity goals, but lacked a long-term financial plan, according to APEX auditor.
The CAG report indicated the poor use of the NKN bandwidth, the weak monitoring of hired network connections, and the gaps in promoting cyber security policies, and raising concerns about its sustainability as soon as government financing stops.
CAG suggested that the ministry develop a specialized web platform for network management, ensure compliance with the memorandum of understanding and policy of intellectual property, created a framework for regular security audits and incorporate mapping mapping to the last mile and the criteria of the project planning.
National Knowledge Network was approved in March 2010 by the Cabinet Infrastructure Committee for a 10 -year period with expenditure £5 990 Crore to connect 1,500 institutions. Since then, the project has received four extensions, the latest until 31 March 2024, with a revised budget £6 548.20 crore, according to CAG report.
Postal Services: Tax Losses
CAG pulled out the Ministry of Contributions for non -compliance with established instructions, which led ka £17.22 Loss of Crore for the government, pointing to the weak promotion of rules in one of the largest government agencies in the country.
This included £13.57 Crore in unusual GST on Speed Post Services in the book Now applies to a later scheme in 15 postal circles between July 2022 and September 2023.
Loss of balance £3.65 Crore was deducted from the source for the revenue from the birth of postal life insurance and the rural postal insurance from September 2019 to May 2023 due to the intact tax of the Keral Postal Circle tax from September 2019 to May 2023.
The audit body also described irregular promotions in the department, where 43 officials were allowed to proceed without completing the probation periods.
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