Excess Payment of Rs 70 lakh made to Doctors, Consultants at Safdarjung Hospital : CAG report
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New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has picked holes in pay fixation of 52 doctors and consultants of the Safdarjung Hospital here, saying incorrect calculations led to an excess payment of over Rs 70 lakh for over one and half years.
It said the state-run hospital failed to ensure that the quantum of Non Practicing Allowance (NPA) used for pay fixation in terms of Central Civil Service Rules, 2016, did not exceed the NPA plus basic pay i.e Rs 85,000.
"This resulted in excess payment of NPA aggregating Rs 70.85 lakh," CAG said in its report tabled in the parliament today.
It noted that there was no internal mechanism in the hospital for post facto checks of pay fixation, thereby entailing "a risk of discrepancies remaining undetected for prolonged periods".
In its reply to the auditing body, the state-run hospital said the pay of the doctors and consultants had been re-fixed and the recovery had started from September, 2017 onwards.
It said the state-run hospital failed to ensure that the quantum of Non Practicing Allowance (NPA) used for pay fixation in terms of Central Civil Service Rules, 2016, did not exceed the NPA plus basic pay i.e Rs 85,000.
"This resulted in excess payment of NPA aggregating Rs 70.85 lakh," CAG said in its report tabled in the parliament today.
It noted that there was no internal mechanism in the hospital for post facto checks of pay fixation, thereby entailing "a risk of discrepancies remaining undetected for prolonged periods".
In its reply to the auditing body, the state-run hospital said the pay of the doctors and consultants had been re-fixed and the recovery had started from September, 2017 onwards.
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