IT policy must be evolved for Tasmac: CAG
The CAG said there was an urgent need for Tasmac to frame an IT policy.
Chennai: The CAG report on public sector undertakings was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday, on the last day of the session. The CAG said there was an urgent need for Tasmac to frame an IT policy and pulled up the municipal administration, transport and Tangedco departments for their deficiency and administrative lapses.
No IT policy for Tasmac :
Tasmac, the cash cow of state government, was pulled by the CAG and said that the corporation has been in a state of deficiency since 2009 without rectifying its lapses. Tasmac could not integrate its activities at various levels through computerisati-on even after 15 years and it has to evolve an IT policy. The company has an annual turnover of more than Rs 30,200 crore and could not integrate its activities at the corporate office. “Further, the present levels of computerisation lacked adequate controls (and) validation checks, resulting in the data generated becoming unreliable,” the CAG said. The CAG said, though such deficiencies were pointed out in 2008-09, “persistence of same deficiencies even in 2015-16 revealed the lackadaisical approach to bring in computer-based decision making to manage its massive activities,” the report said.
Tangedco violates norms:
The CAG in its annual report has pulled up the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corpo-ration (Tangedco) for violating the pollution norms. The CAG report said that the Tangedco thermal power plants were found violating various pollution nor-ms. Suspended particle matter (SPM) levels at the stack and carbon emission remained high due to the non usage of clean beneficiated coal, keeping the station heat rate higher than the prescribed level, the report noted.
Municipal administration and water supply slammed:
The state, municipal administration came under severe criticism for poor planning and resource management at suburban municipalities. Bureaucracy, a short assessment of property tax and purchase of sodium vapour lamps, even after the state shifting its policy towards the purchase of LED lights were some of the major lapses unearthed by CAG. Non-levy of property tax for vacant lands, other properties were also highlighted.