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G.V.R. Subba Rao

CAG raps TDP, YSRCP governments over capital project in Amaravati

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has made some serious observations pertaining to the capital city of Amaravati, asserting that unfruitful expenditure was incurred on the capital project and that the purpose of the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) was not achieved.

The CAG, in its compliance report for the financial year ended in March, 2021, rapped both the previous and present State governments. The report was tabled in Andhra Pradesh State Assembly on September 25 (Monday).

The CAG  rapped the successive State governments asserting that the land acquired through the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) had been lying idle after spending ₹2,244.94 crore, and that the objective of the LPS was not achieved.

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