Nothing Amiss With Payments Position, says Andhra Pradesh Government

Principal Finance Secretary Shamsher Singh Rawat refuted the allegations made by Public Accounts Committee Chairman Payyavula Keshav that large sums in excess of a staggering Rs 41,000 crore remained unaccounted for.

The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday claimed that nothing was amiss with its payments position and maintained that everything was happening as per the book. In a release, Principal Finance Secretary Shamsher Singh Rawat refuted the allegations made by Public Accounts Committee Chairman Payyavula Keshav that large sums in excess of a staggering Rs 41,000 crore remained unaccounted for. Mr Keshav on Thursday met Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan and requested afull-fledged audit of the state Finance department be ordered as large sums in excess of a staggering Rs 41,000 crore remained unaccounted for in the last two financial years. "Large sums of money, to the extent of Rs 41,043 crore, have not been accounted for as per the codal provisions.