Birla urges PACs to look beyond spending, focus on welfare outcomes and public impact

New Delhi, Nov 3 (UNI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday called for a more outcome-oriented approach to the functioning of Public Accounts Committees (PACs), emphasising that their role must go beyond scrutinising government expenditure to assessing whether public money is delivering tangible benefits to citizens and improving their lives. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day Conference of Chairpersons of Public Accounts Committees of Parliament and State and union Territory Legislatures in Thiruvananthapuram, Birla said the success of government welfare schemes should not be measured merely by budgetary allocations or the amount of money spent, but by their…