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. …
A parliamentary panel has called for cancelling allotments of all coal blocks awarded to companies where production was yet to commence. The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel called all allocations done between 1993 and 2010 “unauthorised and illegal” and recommended action against the parties involved, in its report tabled …
Even children’s nutrition has been engulfed by the web of corruption. An audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has revealed that malnourished children were being provided supplementary nutrition that has lesser calorific valuethan prescribed norms. The same audit found similar discrepancies in the dietary intake …
The latest Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) report has pulled up the authorities in central Kashmir’s Budgam district for supplying contaminated water. The report, which was released here by the Principal Accountant-General (Audit) earlier this month, reveals that out of 75 water supply schemes under execution during 2007-12, only 40 (47 …
The performance audit report of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has shown significant decline in per rural household employment generation in the last two years. The per rural household employment has declined from 54 days in 2009-10 to 43 days in 2011-12, the CAG audit report …
All coal blocks distributed between 1993 and 2008 were done in an unauthorized manner and allotment of all mines where production is yet to start should be cancelled, the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel has said in its latest report that is slated to be tabled in Parliament on …
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pointed to granting of mining leases by Jammu and Kashmir government in protected areas in contravention of Supreme Court orders. "Granting of mining lease in protected areas has led to 'illegal mining' which indicated casual approach of the (Geology and Mining) department towards …
CAG has termed the land allotment to Tata Power within the CDA area 'irregular and unauthorized' Odisha has drawn flak from the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) yet again over irregular allotment of land. This time, unauthorised grant of administrative nod for acquisition of private as well as …
Mumbai: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has reiterated in the Bombay high court that irrigation projects in Maharashtra were marked by irregularities. In its affidavit before the court, it has said its findings were based on evidence and statements furnished by the state government and its departments. CAG had …
Five tribal children have reportedly died due to malnutrition at Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala this year. The total deaths due to malnutrition in this tribal area has touched 24 in the last 15 months. The CAG report on social sector for 2012, which was tabled in the state …
JAIPUR: Come May and the country's first five-star rated green building in Achrol exclusively dedicated to environment audit will be ready to be inaugurated by Vice-President Hamid Ansari. The International Centre for Environmental Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED), the first government green building, would be the only one in the …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has agreed to resume the audit of Reliance Industries Limited’s (RIL) KG D6 block following assurances given by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry that the audit team will have full access to all records, documents and accounts as provided under Article 25 of …
SHILLONG: With just only 10 MW power production during the lean period, the Opposition on Wednesday demanded a white paper on the status of the Myntdu-Leshka hydro-electric project completed at the cost of over Rs 1000 crore. Ardent Basaiawmoit (HSPDP) raised a question in the Assembly on the status of …
Centre, state govt bear fiscal burden of `8,340 cr Although the industrial promotion policies have put a whopping fiscal burden of Rs 8,340 crore on the state and Central governments from 2007 to 2012, the policies have failed to achieve the desired results and the main objectives of such incentives …
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Assembly on Friday has found that the state government has, between 2000 and 2012, allotted 464.479 acres of government land in Bhubaneswar in 337 cases without any policy, procedure, regulation, rules or manuals. The benefit recipients includes a former Union …
‘Odisha Govt Gave Undue Benefits to Korean Co’ Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Odisha government for extending undue benefits to South Korean company Posco while allotting a plot in Bhubaneswar. The CAG, in its latest report on the general and social sector tabled in …
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) awarded the contracts for the Lower Subansiri project even before receiving the clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) and the survey and investigations were not carried out properly before the construction of the project started. These revelations came out in a …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found Odisha government of extending undue benefits to South Korean steel major Posco in allotment of a piece of land in the state capital here. "The company extended undue benefit in allotment of land disregarding zonal regulation and charging of premium at a …
Reliance Industries has agreed to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit on KG-D6 fields and issues over scope and extent of its scrutiny have been resolved, oil secretary Vivek Rae today said. "The audit issue has been resolved and that's a big step forward, that we will now get …
The CAG report on the Delhi Government’s target to construct a whopping 4 lakh low-cost housing units under Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) programme reveals how ill-prepared and ill-suited government agencies are to address the city’s housing woes. Flawed tendering processes, delays in identifying land and starting construction, …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found deficiencies in supply of potable water in the city. In its recent report, the CAG has pointed out that the raw water available in Delhi is not sufficient to provide potable water to the whole population as per the prescribed norms. …
