CAG to Audit PM Poshan Scheme in West Bengal: The Union Ministry of Education on Wednesday (February 8) asked the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to conduct a special audit of the implementation of the PM Poshan Yojana in West Bengal. The ministry said that it has received reports from West Bengal regarding alleged misuse of PM Poshan Yojana funds. The Ministry also informed that instances of non-adherence to the approved standards for the implementation of the scheme have also been shown in the media.
According to a PTI report, the education ministry has urged the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct a special audit of the alleged misuse of scheme funds in the last three financial years. The audit will look at compliance, performance and financial accounting. The ministry said that necessary corrective steps will be taken on the basis of the audit report of the CAG.
What is PM Poshan Yojana?
Explain that the Department of School Education and Literacy conducts the PM Nutrition Scheme. Funds are made available to the states by the center on the basis of the proposals received. Through that money, cooked hot food is provided to the eligible children from class one to eight and in kindergarten.
In what proportion are the expenses shared?
Under this scheme, most things including the cost of cooking are divided in the ratio of 60:40 between the Centre-States and Union Territories with legislature. At the same time, the average ratio between the center and the northeastern states, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand is 90:10. The cost of the grain is fully borne by the Centre. According to the Ministry of Education, about 11 crore 80 lakh children studying in government and government-aided schools of the country get benefit from the PM Nutrition Scheme.
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