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. …
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik last week announced that he would ensure piped water supply (PWS) reached all villages in a year. However, progress of the government's PWS scheme is moving at a snail's pace, a latest CAG report said. The CAG report on state finances for the year ending …
Attaining food security is a matter of prime importance for India where more than a third of the population is estimated to be poor. Government of India has been distributing foodgrains through the Public Distribution System, in one name or the other, for the last seven decades. National Food Security …
This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India containing the results of audit on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Audit of Scheme Rules, 2011 (Social Audit Rules) has been prepared for submission to the President of India under Article 151 of Constitution. In last three years (2012-15), …
Himachal Pradesh has not been able to tap even one per cent of its solar power potential, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has said. In wind power, the State has a lone turbine which too has not been functional for six years, resulting in loss of over Rs.40 …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report placed before the state Assembly in its budget session has exposed serious short comings in the system of ensuring quality of potable water by the Public Health Engineering Department in the state. The report reveals that the department has not only been taking …
The report said that a total of 174 industries had not renewed their environment consent even after a lapse of one to 174 months The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out failures on the part of Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB) and industries to ensure compliance …
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report, noticed anomalies in implementation and follow-up action regarding certain cess imposed by the state government for various objectives. As per the CAG report, till 2014-15, a sum of Rs 300.51 crore was collected under the head of environmental and …
Hydro power is a renewable and environment friendly source of energy. As hydro power stations have the inherent ability for instantaneous operations, they are more responsive than most other energy sources, for meeting peak demand and improving reliability of the power system. As such it is important that existing hydro …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in this report highlighted gross irregularities in implementation of the midday meal (MDM) scheme. The states were fudging numbers to claim more funds for procuring foodgrains revealed the report presented in Parliament on Dec 18, 2015 . Despite the existence of the …
Hyderabad: The CAG has exposed the Council of Scientific Industrial Research’s hasty decision on a project for development of the Indian version of Tamiflu drug for bird flu that was to be developed with the help of Hyderabad-based IICT. After spending more than Rs 50 lakh, CSIR had shelved the …
The report also noted that against the target of 500 MW of solar thermal projects, projects of 447.50 MW (approximately 90 per cent) had not been commissioned as of February 2015. The latest report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Renewable Energy Sector in India states that Rajasthan …
Accuses government for allowing undue benefit of Rs 22 crore to RIL The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said power generators in Tamil Nadu lost Rs 2,040 crore of revenue owing to lack of evacuation infrastructure for wind power. The finding is part of the auditor's latest …
The Renewable Energy (RE) potential in India is 8,89,508 Mega Watt. The Government of India, in pursuit of energy security and for minimizing impact on environment, has been prioritizing the development of RE sector through its policies and programmes. In this context, the performance audit of the RE sector was …
The government could achieve just above half of its pledged target on construction of individual household toilets under the total sanitation campaign in the past five years, according to the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India. Despite the priority accorded to sanitation programmes by central government through successive five year …
SHIMLA: The policy of promoting hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh's fragile and eco-sensitive zones will have geological and hydrological impacts and there is need for strict compliance with environmental and safety norms by project authorities, an environmental group said on Wednesday. Two days after two workers were killed in an …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains the results of Performance Audit of ‘Natural Disaster in Uttarakhand, June, 2013 (Response, Relief and Restoration of Damaged Infrastructure of immediate nature)’. The Report has been laid on the table of the State Legislature Assembly on 03-11-2015.
Four days after the Rajasthan Congress leaders met the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in New Delhi to request for a probe into an alleged scam in allotting mines that took place under the Vasundhara Raje government, the State government, cancelled 601 mining allocations. …
Industrial units and tanneries in Ranipet estate also did not meet the stipulation A large number of government-run units in Tamil Nadu are flouting pollution control norms or operating without clearance from the Pollution Control Board, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. In its report for 2013-14, …
PUNE: The failure of urban and rural local self-governing bodies in delivering basic services like water has deepened the crisis caused by deficient rainfall with various municipal corporations and councils struggling to cope with the drought-like situation. A recent Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India performance audit of 36 …
The State Government failed to avail Central assistance of `128.23 crore because of delay in execution and utilisation of funds for drinking water projects. Drinking water in adequate quantity was not supplied to all people in 95 out of 106 urban areas of the State. The CAG, in its latest …
