{"id":39109,"date":"2015-03-02T13:23:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=39109"},"modified":"2015-03-02T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:23:45","slug":"details-of-expenditure-accounts-published-by-northern-provincial-council-distorted-points-out-opposition-leader-thavarajah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=39109","title":{"rendered":"Details of Expenditure Accounts Published by Northern Provincial Council Distorted Points out Opposition Leader Thavarajah"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n(Text of Media Release Issued on February 27th 2015 about Distorted Accounts Published by the Northern Provincial Council )<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northern Provincial Council Financial Statement as at 31st December 2014 published in the NPC website is a distorted accounts. The Leader of Opposition pointed it out during the question time in the council on 24th February 2015.<\/p>\n

According to the minutes of the Board of Minister\u2019s meeting, NPC, held on 30.12.2014, approval was granted to carry forward 128 work programmes totally amounting to Rs. 690,704,473.24 up to 31st March 2015 and this to be undertaken out of the allocation for the year of 2014.<\/p>\n

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However in the Financial Progress report as on 31st December 2014, published in the NPC website, the unspent amount in respect of these programmes for the year 2014 is shown as Rs. 16,520,000.00
\nWhen Leader of opposition questioned Hon Justice C.V Wigneswaran, Chief Minister and Minister of the Finance, as to how the NPC Accounts shows all the money allocated by the government for the year 2014 as expended, except Rs.16,520,000.00, as on 31.12.2014, while on the previous day the Board of Ministers had approved to carry forward programmes of works amounting to Rs.690,704,473.24 up to 31.03.2015.<\/p>\n

The Chief Minister\u2019s reply was that day due to various reasons they could not spent all the money allocated by the government before the end of the year, hence they decided to carry forward the work until March 2015.<\/p>\n

Further he said that he didn’t know about the accounts published in the NPC website and declined to reply why distorted figures are shown in the accounts.<\/p>\n

When the Leader of Opposition read out the Circular instruction from the Treasury (238\/2014 dated 4th Nov. 2014 – Closing Accounts for the year 2014) that keeping in deposit of the money unspent needs special approval from the Treasury, the Chief Minister could not answer. <\/p>\n

S. Tahvarajah
\nLeader of Opposition,
\nNorthern Provincial Council. <\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Text of Media Release Issued on February 27th 2015 about Distorted Accounts Published by the Northern Provincial Council ) Northern Provincial Council Financial Statement as at 31st December 2014 published in the NPC website is a distorted accounts. The Leader of Opposition pointed it out during the question time in the council on 24th February …<\/p>\n

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