CAG notes fund diversion by Jute Commissioners' Office, Jute Board

Central auditor says charge is serious, as funds diverted form part of the Consolidated Fund of India, which is collected as cess on jute manufacturers

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its draft report has detected major irregularities and diversion of funds by the Jute Commissioner’s office and the National Jute Board (NJB) between 2014 and 2018.  

CAG said that the diversion charge is serious in the sense that it is 'against the financial propriety’ of the Government of India as the funds diverted by the Jute Commissioner’s office form part of the Consolidated Fund of India (CFI) which is collected by way of levy of cess on jute manufacturers under the Jute Manufacturers Cess Act of 1983. The central