A total of 690 audit objections amounting to a total potentially worth Tk 1. 06 lakh crore was placed in parliament on Tuesday.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal placed 53 audit and accounting reports of different ministries and government departments’ 2019-20 accounts, in accordance with Article 132 of the Constitution.
“The reports of the Auditor General relating to the public accounts of the Republic shall be submitted to the President, who shall cause them to be laid before Parliament,” states the Constitution.
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The report tabled in the Parliament showed that in the financial year 2019-20, there were 30 objections to the compliance audit on plot-flat allotment-expenditure, other matters related to under-implementation and some development projects under the National Housing Authority.
Another audit report was on Telecom Regulatory Commission’s Compliance Audit Report for fiscal 2019-20. The amount of money involved in some 12 disputes in this regard is around Tk 14,392 crores.
Source: United News of Bangladesh