Punjab and West Bengal fall into the category of 11 States that are using borrowed funds to finance routine expenditure, such as salaries, subsidies, and administrative costs instead of creating assets.
The CAG report states that DTC had not raised bus fares since 2009. What further exacerbated the situation was the Aam Aadmi Party’s free travel for women scheme.
As per the CAG report, the Kejriwal govt did not make full use of the COVID fund allotted by the central government. Out of a total of ₹787.91 crore, only ₹584.84 crore was used.
According to CAG report on Jharkhand govt, 5209 utilization certificates were not submitted by the bodies and authorities against an amount of ₹19,125.88 crore