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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Public Sector Undertakings(PSU): Government of Odisha

Agricultural lands in Odisha were converted for non-agricultural purposes without going into the merits of each case, pointed out the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. The CAG report, which was tabled in the State Assembly recently, says in 273 conversion cases (60 per cent) involving conversion of 300.707 acre agricultural land in 21 tehsils, no map showing approach road to the converted plots was attached to the case records, though the same was required to examine the fulfilment of required conditions for conversion of land use. Moreover, in 223 cases (49 per cent) involving conversion of 223.659 acre land, the fact of availability of approach roads was not mentioned in the case records.