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. …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has come down on the Mumbai Metropolitan Development Authority (MMRDA) for spending Rs. 5 crore unnecessarily crore in the construction of the Metro-II corridor in Mumbai. The CAG report has said the MMRDA appointed an independent engineer without resolving environmental issues related …
Only six of the 35 highly polluting industries in the State installed online continuous stack emission monitoring system and none of the units installed the online effluent quality monitoring system till the deadline mandated by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) expired in March 2015. The Pollution Control Board, Assam …
Audit Report No.21 of 2016 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG;) is on the audit of Crude Oil Production Measurement and Reporting System in ONGC. Following a report on over-reporting of crude oil production in Ankleshwar Asset, an audit of the crude oil measurement and reporting system …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India’s report on performance and audit on environmental degradation in the greater Guwahati area has shed new light on the mysterious smell that left the dwellers of Guwahati pass some sleepless nights. The familiar foul smell hit the panic button among the residents …
The Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) was monitoring only three of the twelve air pollutants notified by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for monitoring, thereby risking exposition of people and other wildlife in the State directly to air pollutants that could be detrimental to health. Besides, all monitoring stations …
This Report presents the results of the audit of the Departments of the Government of Assam under Social, General and Economic (Non-PSUs) Sectors. This Report contains 32 paragraphs (Social Sector: 16, Economic Sector: 6 and General Sector: 10, including 3 general paragraphs), three performance audit reports (Social Sector: two and …
The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), with special emphasis on the role of Pollution Control Board of Assam (PCBA), paints a grim picture on environmental degradation in the Greater Guwahati Area. The report says that levels of dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand and total coliform …
The health care establishments in Assam were functioning without obtaining authorization from the Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) in blatant violation of the Bio-Medical Waste Rules, said the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in his report on the Government of Assam. This is gross violation of the bio-medical …
Apart from determining whether cartelisation had taken place in the e-auction of coal fields, another objective of the CAG audit of coal block allocations was to determine the robustness and efficiency of the e-auction process from design and implementation right up to the coal production stage. The CAG, however, was …
The CAG has picked holes in the e-auction of coal mines by the NDA government last year saying multiple bids by corporate groups through joint ventures or subsidiaries did not give an assurance that potential level of competition was achieved in the first two tranches. In a report tabled in …
This Audit Report has been prepared in three chapters. Chapter I provides an overview of functioning of State Public Sector Undertakings (SPSUs) including figures on total investments in equity/long term loans of SPSUs, data on their financial performance, status of finalisation of their accounts, as well as details of follow-up …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) will conduct a performance audit of crop insurance schemes in nine states to examine the efficacy of such initiatives in providing relief to farmers in the event of crop damage. The performance audit will include examination of records of Department of Agriculture Cooperation and …
Contrary to the CAG's observation that lack of new fire stations is affecting its operations, Delhi fire brigade chief G C Mishra has identified traffic congestion as the biggest challenge confronting fire services, while playing down the need for new stations. Average response time in fire incidents have extended up …
The CAG has flagged MCDs for "acute shortage" of parking facilities in the national capital and blamed the municipal authorities for "lack of initiative" in creating new parking lots as per increasing vehicles. The Comptroller and Auditor General highlighted negligible progress in setting up underground automated parking (UGAP), wasteful expenditure …
Indian corporates that are not in the energy sector are queuing up to compete with foreign firms to acquire discovered oil and gas fields being auctioned, marking a promising start to the country's first attempt to woo private explorers after four years of controversies and disputes. Director General for Hydrocarbons …
The State Forest Policy introduced in 2008 aimed to bring 33 per cent of the state under forest cover. In 2008, the Maharashtra government had formulated its State Forest Policy which aimed to bring 33 per cent of the state under forest cover. The policy was in line with the …
All MoUs were cancelled but APMDC seeks changes in them. Visakhapatnam: The state government has gone all out to take the credit for cancelling the MoUs the Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy government had entered into with two private companies on the supply of bauxite ore, mined in Vizag Agency by the …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out that the desired green belt area was not developed by industrial units in Chhattisgarh. The CAG in its report for the year ending March 31, 2015 observed: “As per rule 4.1 of the National Forest Policy, 1983, which was …
The MoUs that were cancelled were signed with Jindal South West Ltd (JSW) in 2005 and Anrak Ltd. Visakhapatnam: In a twist to the tale, social and tribal welfare minister Ravela Krishna Babu had dropped enough indications that the state government has not totally backtracked on the contentious bauxite mining …
A 53-year-old throat cancer patient from Chikkamagaluru, who had undergone an emergency tracheostomy in a city hospital, was discharged after being taught some basic suction techniques. However, the man died after five days as the local healthcare unit didn't have a doctor or medical staffer who could help him use …
