A fraudulent encashment
of Kisan Vikas Patra/National Savings Certificates worth Rs 9.01 crore between
1996 and 2004 could have been prevented if the Head Post Office in Varanasi had
sent the statement of unsold cash certificates to Director of Accounts
(Postal), CAG said today.
”...statement of unsold cash certificates was not being sent by HPO (Head Post
of office) Varanasi Cantt to Director of Accounts (Postal), Lucknow. If the
prescribed procedure ...had been scrupulously followed that would have
prevented the fraudulent encashment of KVPs/NSCs worth Rs 9.01 crore,” a CAG
report tabled in Parliament said.
In another incident, the auditor has found irregularity in payment of interest
amounting to Rs 2.26 crore to subscribers of Public Provident Fund Scheme as
provisions relating to the scheme were not scrupulously followed.
The report said Post offices in Delhi have also not been able realise revenue
to the extent of Rs 98.36 lakh due to failure of Chief Post Master General in
Delhi to deduct commission in advance on purchase of revenue stamps from the
state government.
The CAG Report for the year ended March, 2011 noted an infructuous expenditure
worth Rs 64.62 lakh due to failure of Department of Post (DoP) to construct a
postal complex on a plot acquired in 1990.
Source : The Hindu Business Line
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