Is your state using your money right?

Team TOI PlusTIMESOFINDIA.COM
Sep 29, 2025 | 16:35 IST

​​A new CAG report shows how states have been managing money over the past decade. We break it down into 5 simple questions to understand how well (or poorly) your state has been doing


The irony of good governance is that when it works well — really well — you just don’t see it. Roads are repaired before they crumble, buses run on schedule, and the power never cuts out just as you are logging into work. But to keep all that going, the money has to show up where it should — on time.

A new report on state finances by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) analyses if states have been able to do that over the past decade. Based on its indicators and tables, we broke the findings into five questions that help you judge if your taxes are being put to work.
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