Why in the news?
The Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj has decided to conduct an online audit of 20 per cent of the estimated 2.5 lakh gram panchayats (GPs) across the country for the current financial year.
About AuditOnline
AuditOnline is one of the applications developed as a part of Panchayat Enterprise Suite (PES) under e-panchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP) initiated by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR).
AuditOnline aims to record detailed information about audit
conducted for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI), Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and Line department by Auditors (State AG/LFA).
AuditOnline Exercise
The exercise, to be conducted through AuditOnline, an application developed by the Ministry, is a bid to ensure accountability in the utilisation of funds at the ground level.
The audit will be scaled up to cover all Panchayats across the country in the next financial year 2020-21.
About 50,000 panchayats can be taken up for online audit during the current year.
The 15th Finance Commission recommended an allocation of Rs 60,750 crore for rural local bodies during 2020-21, almost the same as last year under the Fourteenth Finance Commission.
(Source: Indian Express and Ministry of Panchayati Raj)
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