This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains results of the Performance Audit on Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) covering the period September 2018
Its report on the allocation of coal blocks is marred by a major legal error. The legal fraternity celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court of India in 2000 with a book, Supreme, But Not Infallible.
Has the CAG been too simplistic and selective in its assessment? A retired Principal Auditor-General of Bihar, Santosh Kujur, remembers chatting with a bank manager in one of the coalfields. The salary
India’s coal sector is governed by opaque rules that promote discretion and graft This column isn’t about the limited agenda of Coalgate and the CAG report. It is about broader issues that led to Coalgate.
The financial costs associated with coal-fired electricity generation are set to rise given the need to increase coal import, according to a study report of Equatorials. The study on coal fuel supply
Amid furore over coal blocks allocation, the Government will place its views before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) by September 14 on the observations made by the Comptroller and Auditor
Next FIR by month-end likely to throw up new names After the first salvo, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is gearing up to register cases against at least another half a dozen companies in the coal block allocation case. In what looks like a replay of the 2G telecom FIRs and subsequent charge sheets, the CBI is widening the probe into the coal matter, pinning down many more corporate and government entities in the process.
Agency to raid more cos and question people with doubtful credentials who have bagged blocks The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to deepen its probe into the controversial allotment
New Delhi: State-run Coal India Limited’s pleas for coal blocks at home may have fallen on deaf ears but the government did not hesitate in asking the Maharatna company to go as far overseas as Mozambique
New Delhi Castigating municipal bodies for the high level of pollution in cities, Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai said on Wednesday the urban bodies must cleanse and update their books of accounts in order to tap the bond market as it is the practice in developed and emerging economies. While cities have emerged as engines of growth, rapid population growth and urbanisation has posed a challenge for municipalities in preventing environmental degradation and infrastructure development.
GAIL pulled up for undue benefit of Rs 246 crore to private firms The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for hiring a drilling rig from Reliance Industries (RIL) without calling for competitive bids. It also indicted GAIL (India) for giving over Rs 246 crore of undue benefit to private power companies by selling natural gas at subsidised rates.
