Question : AUDIT REPORT OF MGNREGS IN ENGLISH

(a) whether the Government is aware that Gram Panchayats in various States are getting the audit report of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in English only and not in Hindi;

(b) whether the Government is also aware that due to non-availability of audit report in Hindi and regional languages, Panchayat Secretaries are finding it difficult to give reply to the objections raised in the audit reports; and

(c) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to improve this situation?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRADEEP JAIN `ADITYA`)

(a) to (c): Audit of accounts of the Gram Panchayats in various States is carried out by the Office of the Local Fund Audit or equivalent established by the State Governments concerned and are governed by procedures laid down by respective States. The responsibility of having the accounts of Gram Panchayats or Zila Parishads Audited and preparing Action Taken Reports in compliance of such Audit findings is of the concerned State Governments.