 "CAG raps centre, states for poor implementation of Right to Education Act")
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found serious flaws related to financial management and implementation of the Right to Education Act, 2009. The act was enacted to provide free and compulsory education to every child in the 6-to-12-year age group.
“It was noticed that there were lacunae in the financial management of the Act like mismatch of unspent balances at the end of the year with opening balances of succeeding years,” the CAG noted in its audit report, which was laid in Parliament on Friday.
For instance, in 2014-15 the opening balance was Rs 17,280 crore. Add
