IT Dept overpaid SPIC Rs 1.62 cr in 2015; recover amount: Audit

The Department of Information Technology, UT Administration, made an overpayment of more than Rs 1.62 crore to the Society for Promotion of Information Technology in Chandigarh (SPIC). This was revealed in a report prepared by the office of the Principal Director of Audit (Central).

The report mentioned the UT Administration had decided to permanently hand over ‘Project Sampark’ to SPIC from July 1, 2015, at the rate of Rs 25 per transaction for both urban and rural Sampark centres.

During scrutiny of vouchers pertaining to the expenditure made by the IT Department, it was observed it paid Rs 25 per transaction to SPIC from February 1, 2015, instead of July 1, 2015, in violation of the order.