Kerala CAG report flags revenue gaps in liquor, transport sectors
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Dated:- 23-6-2026
PTI
Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 23 (PTI) The CAG has identified revenue shortfalls and compliance issues in Kerala's liquor and transport sectors, among other departments, in its report on state revenues for the year ended March 2024 that was tabled in the state legislature on Tuesday.
According to it, Kerala's revenue receipts for 2023-24 stood at Rs 1,24,486.15 crore, comprising Rs 90,674.97 crore in the state's own revenue and Rs 33,811.18 crore received from the central government.
The CAG also reported revenue arrears of Rs 30,308.52 crore, equivalent to 24.35 per cent of the state's total revenue, and noted that audit observations i
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ck-posts, indicating possible diversion into the Kerala market and an estimated revenue loss of Rs 5.10 crore.
According to the report, shortcomings in tax assessments, including failure to include sales tax while computing turnover tax, irregular exemption on beer sales to a brewery in Kanjikode and inadequate verification of tax returns, resulted in short levy or non-levy of taxes amounting to Rs 19.17 crore.
Separately, the Comptroller and Auditor General's audit of the functioning of Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) and the State Transport Authority found that despite an expenditure of Rs 37.48 crore on nine Automated Driving Test Tracks (ADTTs) and nine Automated Testing Stations (ATSs), only two ADTTs were operational while n
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