Maharashtra excise department lapses caused revenue loss of several crore rupees: CAG

The Indian supervisor and the General Auditor (CAG) suffered the Maharashtra state consumption department for serious decreases in their operations that led to a serious income deficit.

The CAG report pointed out that the state lost interest rates of 20.15 Crore and 70.22 Crore in income due to misrepresentation of undergraduate renewal fees.

Inspection also stated that the inability to apply revised rates for audit fees caused an additional deficiency of 1.20 Crore.

According to the report, the consumption commissioner at that time exempted the consumption tax on the old beer stock without previous approval from the state government.

The report also stressed that the presence of mild beer samples for chemical analysis with a delayed tax recovery prevented the 73.18 Crore setting.

“There is a provision to charge a fee for the changes in the partnership, 1954, the rules of the Bombay (privilege fee) rules. However, it did not apply to significant changes in the shareholders of public limited companies, which led to the loss of 26.93 CRORE.”

In order to declare the cost of production, the absence of a provision in the Consumption Act, adding that the government’s additional income leads to a missed opportunity.

In the case of the control of the canteen stores (CSD), the control cost of the production cost of 11 products or brands is worthless and caused 38.34 Crore loss in consumption tax.

In addition, errors in the purchase cost of imported foreign liquor resulted in the not collection of 11.48 RS between August 2018 and March 2022 and 2,89 Crore between May 2017 and March 2022.

CAG said that the cumulative effect of these tours caused a major loss of income for the government and has created serious concerns about the functioning of the consumption department.