Odisha’s Finance Department just raised a huge alarm regarding a large pile of pending internal audit reports and objections—the backlog adds up to a staggering ₹48,448 crore. After looking over reports up to September 2025 from 27 departments, the government found 8,214 audit reports and a whopping 77,413 audit objections still sitting untouched. This backlog highlights severe systemic lapses in accountability and fiscal management, with the Finance Department describing the situation as a matter of “grave concern” for the state’s governance.
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These financial irregularities aren’t small either. The audit reports mention misused government funds, unpaid dues, and advances that haven’t been settled—various problems lasted for 10 or 20 years. Since a large number of the accountable officials have retired or died, fixing blame or actually recovering money and taking disciplinary action has become almost impossible. That inaction means the state keeps losing money, year after year.