JKCA IN RIGHT HANDS
There is not an iota of doubt that Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), which had a shabby past is now back on track as there are no issues involved with the cricket body associated with the game in J&K. The man who is looking after the affairs of JKCA is Brigadier Anil Gupta. He is the member of the BCCI sub-committee having a clean record and a dynamic personality. Reportedly, now the JKCA is a changed entity with transparency as its main characteristic and no financial irregularities due to strictness shown by those sitting at helm in J&K. It is pertinent to mention that since June 2021, the JKCA is being managed by a three-member sub committee appointed by the BCCI. As soon as the affairs of the JKCA were taken care of by the aforesaid sub-committee, things had changed with accountability and transparency coming to fore and delinquency going to backseat. The first and foremost achievement of the aforesaid committee is the audit of the accounts as the cricket body had not been audited since 2011. It was really praiseworthy that the sub-committee has got all accounts audited since 2011 and results have been submitted to BCCI along with the balance sheets. The audit for the financial year 2021-22 has also been submitted. It was unfortunate that the JKCA was not filing ITRs and also not depositing mandatory GST and TDS but after the sub-committee took the charge the mandatory compliances have been accomplished without fail. Looking into all this, one can say that the JKCA is in safe hands now and the distasteful episodes which took place in the past have become the things of the bygone era. It is to be noted that the funds now received from the BCCI are duly audited and utilisation certificate signed by the auditor submitted to BCCI by the sub-committee. All transactions are transparent and properly accounted for. There is no chance for any kind of discrepancy making it amply clear that earlier there was something fishy going on because if the things were clear then why the helmsmen never kept the records straight as the case of incumbent sub-committee.