India, Aug. 5 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised serious concerns over the underutilisation of welfare funds and weak implementation of worker-related schemes in the national capital.

According to the performance audit report which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly by Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday, the national capital renewed only 7.3 per cent of construction worker registrations between 2019 and 2023, significantly lower than the national average of 74 per cent.

The report, covering the four-year when the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was in power in Delhi found several discrepancies related to funds, and cess collection.

"There was a huge difference in figures of cess amount collected as per records of...