Essential state projects are suffering from a lack of funds due to an excessive annual budget assigned for parliament, a 2011 audit report has revealed.
The audit report of the parliament states that MVR 35.4 million and MVR 20.7 million from the parliament budget was unused at the end of 2010 and 2009 respectively.
In 2010, MVR 89.2 million out of MVR 124.5 million was spent from the budget assigned for parliament.
The report states that: “Lack of proper studies in this regard results in money necessary for other state projects being trapped in the parliament.”
In 2009, only MVR 68.5 million out of MVR 241.6 million was spent from the budget assigned for parliament.
MVR 70.1 million and MVR 54.3 million went on the salaries of parliament employees in 2010 and 2009 respectively, and parliament travel expenses took up MVR 3.3 million and MVR 2.1 million in 2010 and 2009 respectively.
The parliament spent MVR 302,169 on phone bills, MVR 1.5 million on electricity, and MVR 3.8 million on insurance.
The audit report recommended the parliament to conduct proper studies, and determine planned activities when preparing the budget.
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