FILE G · GLOSSARY · Everyday officialese
Social Audit
MEANING
The public audit of scheme spending read out before the gram sabha — records versus villagers, face to face.
Undivided AP pioneered institutionalised social audit of MGNREGS through an independent society (SSAAT), and Telangana carried it forward. Audit findings feed recoveries and disciplinary action — and the public hearing itself is worth a probationer's morning.
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