India cannot be developed without the development of the hinterland. developed india or a developed nation by 2047, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG, Girish Chandra Murmu Said on Tuesday. Noting that decentralization of power has not happened to the extent it should have, he said, Gram Sabha or rural bodies have still not received due importance in the federal structure.
“Without grassroots level development at the local level, we cannot achieve a developed India. More than 50 per cent of the people live in rural areas, and unless their governance, their development, their administration, their resources do not increase, we will not develop. Will be.” (Developed India target). As our Prime Minister says if everyone takes one step, we will have 1.4 billion steps…so public participation is important,” he said.
There are about 2,60,000 panchayats and 7,000 urban local body In the country.
He stressed the need to strengthen local bodies so that efficiency of government schemes can be achieved and the sooner this is done, the better it will be for the country.
sustainable development goals Stating that the SDGs cannot be achieved without strengthening local bodies, he said accounting and audit play a vital role in the flow of funds to local bodies.
With regard to urban local bodies, the CAG said, if municipal corporations have not followed proper accounting norms then they cannot be allowed to raise resources from the market.
He further said that state governments should focus on capacity building so that accounting and auditing standards for local bodies can be properly followed.
He said that auditing not only increases transparency in the system but also brings economic efficiency in government schemes. He said that results can be achieved only through auditing.
