VIDARBHA RELIEF PACKAGE-CAG REPORT-Preface

PREFACE

1. This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India
containing performance audit on “Farmers’ Packages” has been
prepared for submission to the Governor of Maharashtra under
Article 151 of the Constitution.

2. The audit was conducted through test check of records (March-June
2007) of the Relief and Rehabilitation Wing of Revenue and Forests
Department, other line departments and agencies involved in
implementation of the farmers’ packages declared by Government of
India and Government of Maharashtra to alleviate agrarian distress in
Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra, covering a period upto
March 2007. Matters relating to the period subsequent to 2006-07
have also been included wherever necessary.

3. The audit has been conducted in conformity with the Auditing
Standards issued by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.