Archive · 6 Sep 2026
Audit Flags ₹393 Crore Cash-Book Bank Mismatch in Madhya Pradesh
Auditors found that the Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation’s records showed much more money than its bank accounts.
The difference was about ₹393 crore for 2024-25.
Similar differences had reportedly appeared in earlier years too.
Auditors said this could indicate serious record-keeping problems or other irregularities.
They recommended a special investigation.
The corporation used Tally to prepare its cash book instead of a manual cash book.
Auditors also found an ₹8.44 crore difference in book-sale money reported by depots and recorded at headquarters.
They warned that the corporation’s administration would be responsible if future irregularities were found.
The 2024-25 audit found the Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation’s cash book exceeded bank deposits by ₹393,55,13,903.42.
The audit said similar differences appeared in previous years and recommended a special investigation.
The corporation prepared its cash book using Tally instead of maintaining a manual cash book.
A separate ₹8.44 crore discrepancy was found between depot book-sale transfers and headquarters’ Tally records.
The audit also reported differences between revised budget estimates and actual income and expenditure from 2021 to 2025.
- Who
- The Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation and auditors examining its accounts.
- What
- An audit found a ₹393,55,13,903.42 difference between the bank statement and the corporation’s Tally cash book, along with other discrepancies.
- When
- The main discrepancy was identified in the 2024-25 financial-year audit; related budget differences covered 2021 to 2025.
- Where
- The Madhya Pradesh Textbook Corporation, headquartered in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- The audit recommended a special investigation because similar differences had appeared in previous years and could indicate serious irregularities.
- Main discrepancy
- ₹393,55,13,903.42 difference between the bank statement and Tally cash book
- Audit period
- Financial year 2024-25
- Recommended action
- Special investigation into the discrepancy
- Cash-book method
- The corporation used Tally rather than a manual cash book
- Book-sale mismatch
- ₹8,44,32,417 difference between depot transfers and headquarters’ Tally records
- Depot-reported transfers
- ₹20,91,54,521
- Headquarters’ recorded amount
- ₹29,35,86,938