Financial lapses has been highlighted by Report No. 29 of 2025 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India including non-recovery of Rs.7.28 crore in meteorological charges and statutory levies by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) from private airport operators and penalties of Rs.1.58 crore incurred by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)  for occupying buildings without mandatory approvals and if so, the details thereof;

An amount of ₹7.28 crore towards aviation meteorological charges/statutory levies was outstanding to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), against two private airport operators. However, there are some other private and State Government airports that have not paid the meteorological charges to the IMD, as indicated in the tables at (b).

The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) paid ₹1.58 crore during 2014-15 to 2021-22 to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) as a penalty for occupying buildings without the required mandatory approvals. While the Occupancy Certificates were not obtained at the time of occupation due to protracted statutory processing by the GHMC, the campus has been now fully regularised and obtained all required approvals from the GHMC.

The details of the amount due to IMD and the amount recovered during the last five years, as follows:

Recovery/Dues for Airport Authority of India (AAI)- Airports
Financial Year	Amount due to IMD (₹ crore)	Amount recovered by IMD (₹ crore)
2020-21	61.26	61.26
2021-22	60.35	60.35
2022-23	70.84	90.94
2023-24	66.30	65.73
2024-25	72.99	71.78

 

Recovery/Dues for Greenfield Private/State Government Airports
Financial Year	Amount Due to IMD (₹ crore)	Amount recovered by IMD (₹ crore)
2020-21	6.05	3.01
2021-22	7.55	1.86
2022-23	9.49	2.56
2023-24	12.21	6.26
2024-25	12.65	19.40

The details of penalties incurred by INCOIS and the amount paid during the last five years are as follows:

Financial year	Amount of Penalty (₹ crore)	Reasons
2021-22	0.236	While the Occupancy Certificates were not obtained at the time of occupation due to protracted statutory processing by the GHMC, the campus has since been fully regularised with all approvals now in place.
2022-23	0.000
2023-24	0.000
2024-25	0.000
2025-26	0.000

This information was submitted by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) For Earth Sciences and Science & Technology , Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha on 25 March 2026.

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