KCR Spent Rs 28,88,11,00,00,000 Public Money without Authorisation

Hyderabad: The former BRS government led by the-then chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao did not get an excess expenditure of Rs 2,88,811 crore, over and above allocation, pertaining to financial years 2014-15 to 2021-22, regularised, said India's national auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General, in its recently released report. As per Appendix 3.2 of the CAG report on State Finances Audit Report, the excess expenditure without legislative sanction was Rs 303.65 crore in 2014-15, Rs 5,880.79 crore in FY 2015-16, Rs 21,161.59 crore in FY 2016-17, Rs 28,171.27 crore in FY 2017-18, Rs 29,133.69 crore in FY 2018-19, Rs 47,896.43 crore in FY 2019-20, Rs 81,514.54 crore in FY 2020-21 and Rs 75,053 crore in FY 2021-22. Contrary to excess expenditure on fiscal administration, the CAG observed that the Rao government spent less money on several welfare schemes for which the Legislature allotted money. On the other hand, excess expenditure occurred under the charged section in all the years mainly on account of Repayment of Ways and Means Advances.” According to internal rules framed by the State Legislature, the government has to explain to the Public Accounts Committee if there is a saving on money allocated and excess money spent.