Bhubaneswar, March 21 -- A draft report of CAG to check on the performance of funds collected under the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) framework through District Mineral Foundations found that Rs.983.32 crore was spent implementing projects in 976 villages that were neither directly nor indirectly affected by mining operations in Keonjhar and Sundargarh districts between 2015-16 and 2023-24 while not a single project was executed in 488 directly affected villages and 96 indirectly affected villages across the same period.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) conducted a performance audit of six sample districts - Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangapur and Sundargarh - covering the period...