Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
BHOPAL: The state government has raised strong objections over latest report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) indicting forest department for overlooking compensatory afforestation. The government has shot off a letter to the Union Ministry of the Environment and Forest (MoEF) presented its side. In its latest report on 'compensatory …
This report for the year ended 31 March 2012 has been prepared for submission to the President under Article 151 of the Constitution. The results of test audit of the financial transaction of the central autonomous bodies under the various provisions of the Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and …
Actor Vidya Balan, ambassador of Centre’s flagship sanitation programme, would probably think twice if she were ever to associate with Odisha. For, the State Government has made a mess of the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) having miserably failed to meet the target of toilet construction. An interim report of the …
In a twist to the proposed Calangute garbage treatment plant issue, residents of Saligao, under the banner of 'Saligao garbage struggle' (SGS), on Monday said that unless the government fulfils their five demands, they will shortly file a contempt petition in the high court, asking the government to implement the …
After 23.5 Crore From Centre Lucknow: The heavily polluted Ganga flowing through Uttar Pradesh is in for cleansing with the state government allocating its share of funds for the flagship National Ganga River Basin Authority programme. Responding to the Centre's call for giving out 30% of the total amount under …
As Delhi heads for polls, some key issues are agitating the common voter although these may not be felt as much by the city’s well-heeled sections. One such issue is water. According to Census 2011, about a quarter of the city’s 1.67 crore population does not get treated piped water. …
Nearly five months after devastating floods ravaged the hill state, Uttarakhand is yet to formulate a disaster management plan to meet any future calamity. According to the disaster management authority, as of now only 19 States in the country have a mandatory state disaster management plan (SDMP) — and Uttarakhand …
The lack of seriousness on the part of the tourism department in taking up the issue of the dwindling flow from the scenic Arvalem waterfall due to mining activity with the mines and geology department has irked comptroller and auditor general of India. In its report for the period during …
The report by the comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG) for March 2012-13 has pointed out that the provision of more infrastructure like hotels and restaurants to cater to the large number of tourist arrivals is fraught with the danger of drawing excessive ground water by these establishments. It …
The delay in removal of the grounded vessel, River Princess at Candolim beach for over a decade and the massive losses to ecology and tourism have been raised in its report by comptroller and auditor general of India. In its report for the period March 2011 to March 2012, CAG …
India, the world’s second biggest wheat and rice grower, saw the number of people who suffered from chronic hunger drop by 6.5% to 21.38 crore during 2011-13, according to a joint report by UN food agencies. During 2008-10, as many as 22.86 crore people were undernourished in the country, it …
Narendra Modi's government in Gujarat has countered the CAG's opinion that 66 per cent of children in the state are underweight and claimed that this figure has declined to less than 26 per cent in 2013 due to various steps taken by the state dispensation. "As a result of various …
Every third child in Gujarat is underweight, stated the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its performance audit of the implementation of the Centre's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) in the state. "Despite providing supplementary nutrition to targeted children between 2007-12, the monthly progress report (March 2012) states …
The state government got a rap on the knuckles from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for its urban local bodies flouting JNNURM norms. They have also been slammed for lack of planning and delay in projects. In its report for year ended March 2012, CAG has come …
The threat of electronic waste (e-waste) destroying the ecological health is looming large over India. E-waste from old computers is set to jump 400 per cent within the next five years, while it is expected to increase seven times from 2007 levels within the next five years. Mr Anand Kumar, …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) relates to matters arising from performance audit of selected programmes and activities and compliance audit of various departments of State Government.
The statutory auditor is also looking into the pricing of gas produced from RIL's D1 and D3 fields The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is likely to pull up the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), as well as Reliance Industries, over an alleged hoarding of gas by the …
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved the methodology for auctioning coal blocks, providing for upfront and production-linked payments and benchmarking of coal sale prices. Coal blocks will be put for auction after the environment ministry reviews them and bidders have to agree to a minimum work programme, according to an official …
Public auditor CAG said that it will undertake performance audit of the new and renewable energy sector at all India level with a view to promoting alternative sources of energy. "Keeping in view the tremendous growth potential of renewable energy and its growing importance for our economy... my office plans …
Keeping in view the growth potential of renewable energy and its growing importance for the economy, the Comptroller and Auditor General is set to conduct an all India performance audit of the new and renewable energy sector. In order to take all the stakeholders into account before the performance audit, …
