Comptroller And Auditor General

Did the government ignore recommendations on CBI's autonomy?

Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Rapped on the knuckles by the Supreme Court for not ensuring autonomy for the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Centre has tried to demonstrate alacrity by setting up a Group of Ministers or GoM to decide on a plan of action to do the court's bidd...

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).

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...

2G scam: JPC report clears PM and Chidambaram, opposition furious

Reported by Sunil Prabhu; Edited by Mala Das | Thursday April 18, 2013

A parliamentary committee appointed to study the 2G scam has said in its report that neither the Prime Minister nor Finance Minister P Chidambaram were aware of the malpractices of then Telecom Minister A Raja which allowed ineligible companies to gr...

Crores spent, but where are the dams? Auditor slams Maharashtra government

Reported by Tejas Mehta; Edited by Janaki Fernandes | Thursday April 18, 2013

As farmers in Maharashtra are being battered by drought, a new stinging report by the state's auditor blames the government for grossly mishandling irrigation projects.

Government considering freeing oil, gas price controls: Chidambaram

Tuesday April 16, 2013

India is considering freeing prices of locally produced oil and natural gas from state controls in a bid to lure more foreign investment, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.

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 ...

Road ministry likely to relax premium payment norms

Oineetom Ojah | Thursday April 4, 2013

The road ministry is now looking at a proposal to relax premium payment by concessionaires to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The proposal is to allow concessionaires to pay premium only after completing construction work of the road pro...

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.

Prime Minister must depose on 2G scam, says BJP's Yashwant Sinha

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 2, 2013

Citing former Telecom Minister A Raja's communication to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G scam, BJP member in the panel Yashwant Sinha today wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to appear before the committee to "clear your ...

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...

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.