MARGAO
Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao has said the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has categorically stated in its report that the Goa government has violated the Goa Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (GFRBM) act.
“This vindicates my stand in the just concluded Budget Session,” asserted Yuri.
He added: “In the general discussion on the budget, I had brought to the notice of the CM that his figures showing the government is working within the parameters of Fiscal Responsibility are wrong. They are clearly erroneous and misleading.”
He said the CAG has observed that the outstanding Debt of the State Government to GSDP increased from 26 per cent to 32 per cent. The ceiling under the GFRBM Act is 25 per cent.
Further, Yuri said CAG has also brought out that there is understatement of Debt by government by resorting to Off Budget Borrowings. This is hiding the reality and projecting a wrong image which is not acceptable, claimed Yuri.
He added: The Government is not exercising any Prudence in Spending. They are doing a Jugglery with Figures to show that they are within the fiscal law”.
