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. …
Seeks answers from Petroleum Ministry on IPI, TAPI and India-Bangladesh-Myanmar gas pipeline. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has sought answers from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry over the inadequate progress made in execution of transnational pipeline projects including the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline, the TAPI gas pipeline and the …
There has been a significant decline of 14.54% in providing employment to the households during 2011-12 as compared to the previous year 2010-11 finds this CAG performance audit report on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Uttar Pradesh for the period 2007-12. The stand alone report of the …
While there has been an increase of about seven per cent in the forest cover in Punjab, a number of irregularities in the utilisation of funds and land management have come to the fore. The total forest cover in Punjab is 1,76,400 hectare, amounting to 3.5 per cent of its …
Net Present Value was not realised from user agencies in seven cases Tamil Nadu has its share of adverse comment in the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) relating to diversion of vast tracts of forest lands for development and industrial projects, mismanagement in realisation of Net Present …
The government auditor wants to know steps taken to ensure that the firm delivers gas at $4.2 mbtu The Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is in for more trouble as the Comptroller and Auditor-General has questioned the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry over the recent gas price increase and …
Government auditor highlights "deficiencies" in permitting diversion of forest land in Madhya Pradesh. The CAG has pulled up the Environment Ministry for extending “undue favours” to Reliance Power-owned Sasan Power Limited in Madhya Pradesh and highlighted “deficiencies” in permitting diversion of forest land in the State. SPL, a special purpose …
This CAG audit report on the performance of Compensatory Afforestation Fund in India tabled in Lok Sabha finds massive scam involving forestlands being given over to the industry in violation of the laid down regulations. Read text of this report. The objectives of the compliance audit on Compensatory Afforestation in …
In spite of the Janata Dal (United)’s tree plantation campaign the green belt and forest cover in Bihar has shrank in the last few years. According to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) delay in preparation of annual plan of operation, expenditure on non-existent plantations and delay …
Delay in preparation of annual plan of operation, expenditure on non-existent plantations and delay in compensatory afforestation are some of the factors responsible for poor forest coverage in Bihar, said CAG in its latest report. The state has a recorded forest area of 6,473sq km which is 6.87% of the …
Jaipur: Major loopholes have been observed by the CAG in implementation of the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) by the Rajasthan government. The state could utilize only 22% of the funds of the programme resulting in construction of only 13% of the targeted houses. The CAG’s audit of …
JAIPUR: Major loopholes have been observed by the CAG in implementation of the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) by the Rajasthan government. The state could utilize only 22% of the funds of the programme resulting in construction of only 13% of the targeted houses. The CAG's audit of …
The CAG has said the technical reports have indicated that the operator has not fulfilled its obligation on well drilling. The Comptroller and Auditor General has asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) to explain the steps taken by it to ensure that Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) complies …
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has brought to light the unhygienic conditions that prevail at major stations like Howrah and Sealdah as well as on trains. The report has also exposed how unclean linen is supplied to upper-class passengers. Eastern Railway (ER) is among the four …
Illegal mining in Uttar Pradesh between 2005-11 caused a loss of Rs 1,400 crore to the exchequer, says a draft report of the comptroller & auditor general. The report, prepared on the activities of state geology and mining directorate, belies state government's claims on checking illegal mining and indicates that …
Another PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the contract awarded to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Canada-based NIKO Resources for exploration and production of natural gas at the Krishna-Godavari Delta block (KG-D6). The PIL by NGO Common Cause, former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian, former naval …
Will study the system, figure out innovative ways to distribute food subsidy As the government gets ready to implement the ambitious National Food Security Ordinance, India’s first-ever independent evaluation office has started evaluating the targeted public distribution system to find innovative ways to distribute the food subsidy. “We have to …
The district mining officers in Bihar are ignorant of the environmental effects of mining and have allowed brick kiln owners to mine without No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) from State Pollution Control Board, the latest CAG report has found. According to the report, during the test checking of registers of brick kilns …
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), envisaged to give a minimum of 100 days of employment every year to unskilled rural labourers, is no longer attractive in rural Karnataka. A CAG report on the scheme's performance during 2007-12 says the demand for jobs dipped by nearly 20 …
MGNREGS wages paid to non-beneficiaries, before their names were deleted The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report that was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday hinted at large-scale irregularities while implementing projects taken up under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) between 2007 and 2012. The report throws …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said the Union Territory of Puducherry and the Pondicherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation Limited (PIPDIC) had lost an opportunity to obtain power at a reasonable cost due to hasty and irregular selection of a private partner and because of their …
