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Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma to be new Comptroller & Auditor General of India

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma was on Tuesday named as the new Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG).

The government's auditor (CAG) does not leak reports: Vinod Rai

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 21, 2013

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Vinod Rai, who retires tomorrow, dismissed charges that he was behind the leak of controversial audit reports on 2G spectrum and coal block allocations.

Zee editor Sudhir Chaudhary's plea for anticipatory bail rejected

Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2013

A Delhi court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Zee News editor Sudhir Chaudhary in a fresh case registered against him by the Delhi Police for telecasting a show allegedly on the basis of forged documents against Jindal Group in connection ...

Income tax department's information utilisation deficient: CAG

Wednesday May 1, 2013

There are deficiencies in the income tax department's utilisation of information related to taxation and sometimes available details are either inadequate or incorrect, says a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

Oil regulator wants RIL to give up 86% of KG-D6 area

Sunday April 28, 2013

Oil regulator DGH wants Reliance Industries to give up 86 per cent of its KG-D6 gas block area, including 8 gas discoveries worth at least $5 billion, saying that the firm has overshot the time allotted to it for developing the area.

Government auditor's (CAG) report says funds bungled in flagship rural employment scheme

Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Tuesday April 23, 2013

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has tabled its report on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA. The government's auditor has pointed out shortcomings in implementation and said work was abandoned mid-way in m...

Government regulator to check propriety of RIL spending on KG-D6: Oil Ministry

Thursday April 4, 2013

As the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) gets ready to resume audit of Reliance Industries' spending on KG-D6 gas block, the oil ministry has set rules of engagement for the scrutiny saying the auditor will examine propriety of expenses ...

Reliance Industries agrees to CAG audit: Oil Secretary

Wednesday April 3, 2013

Reliance Industries has agreed to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of its pending on KG-D6 fields and issues over scope and extent of its scrutiny have been resolved, Oil Secretary Vivek Rae today said.

CAG report report slams Delhi government

Edited by Shamik Ghosh (with PTI inputs) | Wednesday April 3, 2013

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) today tabled its report in the Delhi assembly, slamming the Sheila Dikshit government for the performance of many of its departments.

Narendra Modi's government gave undue benefits to corporates, says auditor

Reported by Rohit Bhan; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday April 3, 2013

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said government-owned firms in Gujarat granted "undue benefit" to big industrial houses, which resulted in revenue losses worth crores of rupees to the state exchequer.

CAG to restart KG-D6 audit this month: Oil Secretary

Tuesday April 2, 2013

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is likely to resume audit of Reliance Industries' spending on the KG-D6 gas block as issues over scope of the scrutiny are "more or less resolved", Oil Secretary Vivek Rae said on Tuesday.

CAG likely to restart KG-D6 audit by next month: Oil Secretary

Monday March 25, 2013

The CAG last month suspended the audit of spending on the flagging KG-D6 block following differences with RIL over scope and extent of the scrutiny.

KG-D6: CAG wants to check Reliance records on income, expenditure

Tuesday March 19, 2013

Having suspended audit of Reliance Industries Ltds spending on KG-D6 gas block, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has said that it is not planning to a do a performance audit of the company but wants to examine "propriety" of expenses made...

Government to infuse Rs 1,154 crore into Union Bank by month-end

Thursday March 14, 2013

The central government may infuse a capital of Rs 1,154 crore into Union Bank of India (UBI) by the end of this month, the state-run bank said on Thursday.

Oil Ministry for CAG doing financial audit of RIL's KG-D6: report

Thursday March 7, 2013

The Oil Ministry seems to have suggested to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) that its audit of Reliance Industries' spending on the flagging KG-D6 gas block should be a financial scrutiny and not a performance audit.