CAG REPORT

INDIA

BJP stages protest over water scarcity in Delhi

May 18, 2013, 1:33 am | Press Trust of India INDIA

New Delhi: Delhi BJP on Friday took to streets to protest against scarcity of water in various parts of the city during summer and blamed poor water management by Congress government for the situation. BJP activists led by Delhi unit chief Vijay Goel held a demonstration near ITO with police using water cannons and lathicharge to disperse them. "The crisis is so acute and the common people are in such a desperate situation that Delhi could face severe water riots in days to come as it has happened earlier also," Goel said addressing BJP workers. Ironically, while the water tariff had increased from 35 paisa per litre to Rs 35 per litre during Congress regime in Delhi, there is

INDIA

CAG report is not the final word on any issue: SC

May 9, 2013, 10:40 pm | Press Trust of India INDIA

New Delhi: CAG report commands respect and cannot be brushed aside but it cannot be the final word on an issue, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while noting that the auditor's findings cannot be gospel truth as it is subject to scrutiny by Parliament. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said that CAG's report is always subject to parliamentary debates and it is possible that Public Accounts Committee (PAC) can accept the objection to the report or reject it. "The CAG's report is always subject to parliamentary debates and it is possible that PAC can accept the ministry's objection to the CAG report or reject the report of the CAG. The CAG, indisputably is

POLITICS

CAG has done performance, not financial audit on NREGA: Jairam

April 23, 2013, 3:50 pm | CNN-IBN POLITICS

New Delhi: Downplaying CAG's report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that it is a performance and not a financial audit. Ramesh said, "It is CAG's job to find shortcomings and if they don't show, it means they are not doing their job." Ramesh further said that the audit was conducted only after the government requested for it. The clarification comes after the CAG tabled its report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA. The report said only 30 per cent of 129 lakh works worth over Rs 1.26 lakh crore approved in 14 states were completed. The report further said that barely 30 per cent of NREGA work

INDIA

CAG has done performance, not financial audit on NREGA: Jairam

April 23, 2013, 3:50 pm | CNN-IBN INDIA

New Delhi: Downplaying CAG's report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said that it is a performance and not a financial audit. Ramesh said, "It is CAG's job to find shortcomings and if they don't show, it means they are not doing their job." Ramesh further said that the audit was conducted only after the government requested for it. The clarification comes after the CAG tabled its report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA. The report said only 30 per cent of 129 lakh works worth over Rs 1.26 lakh crore approved in 14 states were completed. The report further said that barely 30 per cent of NREGA work

POLITICS

CAG report on NREGA reveals poor implementation

April 23, 2013, 12:37 pm | CNN-IBN POLITICS

New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has tabled its report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, as it was utilised across India. CNN-IBN has accessed the report which says only 30 per cent of 129 lakh works worth over Rs 1.26 lakh crore approved in 14 states were completed. Barely 30 per cent of NREGA works completed, while Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh used only 20 per cent of funds. Rural households' work is down from to 43 per cent from 54 per cent. The Centre and the state governments, including Congress ruled states, both are responsible in not implementing rules, according to the report. CAG points out despite the audit nothing has come

INDIA

CAG report on NREGA reveals poor implementation

April 23, 2013, 12:37 pm | CNN-IBN INDIA

New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has tabled its report on the Rural Employment Guarantee Act or NREGA, as it was utilised across India. CNN-IBN has accessed the report which says only 30 per cent of 129 lakh works worth over Rs 1.26 lakh crore approved in 14 states were completed. Barely 30 per cent of NREGA works completed, while Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh used only 20 per cent of funds. Rural households' work is down from to 43 per cent from 54 per cent. The Centre and the state governments, including Congress ruled states, both are responsible in not implementing rules, according to the report. CAG points out despite the audit nothing has come

INDIA

Gujarat PSUs gave undue benefits to business houses: CAG

April 2, 2013, 11:04 pm | Press Trust of India INDIA

Gandhinagar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said government-owned firms in Gujarat granted "undue benefit" to big industrial houses, which resulted in revenue losses worth crores of rupees to the state exchequer. The CAG report, for the year ended March 31, 2012, was tabled on Tuesday in the Gujarat State Assembly. The CAG detailed undue favours to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Essar Steel and Adani Power Ltd (APL). It also highlighted that the state government has tweaked rules to grant land to Ford India Pvt Ltd as well as Larson and Toubro Ltd. "Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) was responsible for deviating from the agreed terms of recovery of gas transportation charges from the specified entry point

POLITICS

Gujarat PSUs gave undue benefits to business houses: CAG

April 2, 2013, 11:04 pm | Press Trust of India POLITICS

Gandhinagar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said government-owned firms in Gujarat granted "undue benefit" to big industrial houses, which resulted in revenue losses worth crores of rupees to the state exchequer. The CAG report, for the year ended March 31, 2012, was tabled on Tuesday in the Gujarat State Assembly. The CAG detailed undue favours to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Essar Steel and Adani Power Ltd (APL). It also highlighted that the state government has tweaked rules to grant land to Ford India Pvt Ltd as well as Larson and Toubro Ltd. "Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) was responsible for deviating from the agreed terms of recovery of gas transportation charges from the specified entry point

INDIA

Chhattisgarh suffered Rs.1,500 crore loss on coal deal: CAG

March 23, 2013, 5:42 am | IANS INDIA

Raipur: Changes in the tender clauses led to Adani Group gaining and the Chhattisgarh government losing Rs.1,549 crore in a coal mining deal, said Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in a report on Friday. The CAG report for the year ended March 31, 2012, was tabled in the state assembly, the last day of the 32-day budget session. Main opposition Congress slammed the ruling BJP for massive lapses indicated by the CAG and claimed the government deliberately tabled the report on the concluding day of the session to avoid a discussion. According to the report, state-run Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company (CSPGC) was allotted Parsa coal block in Sarguja district. The company invited tenders for developing,

POLITICS

Have proof of corruption in farm debt waiver scheme: Anna

March 17, 2013, 2:37 pm | Press Trust of India POLITICS

Nagpur: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare on Sunday claimed to have sufficient proofs of alleged irregularities committed in the farmers's loan waiver scheme of the Centre which was brought out by CAG report recently. "If the state government is interested in going through the proofs, I am willing to hand them over to them," Hazare told reporters in Nagpur but did not elaborate about the proofs available with him. Earlier in march, expressing serious concern over the implementation of Rs 52,000-crore farm debt waiver scheme, government auditor CAG had said in several cases ineligible farmers were given benefit while deserving ones were left out. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had also found instances of tampering of records

POLITICS

'No misappropriation of funds in farm debt waiver scheme'

March 6, 2013, 3:05 pm | Press Trust of India POLITICS

New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said there was no "misappropriation" of funds under the Rs 52,000-crore farm debt waiver scheme and sought a more comprehensive audit by CAG to get a better picture. Stating that the sample size taken for auditing was "too small", Pawar said audit of "significant" number of accounts should be done by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). "Government of India has taken the decision and money has been sent to banks. Accounts and beneficiary list has been selected by banks under the supervision of RBI and NABARD. Money has directly been transfered to accounts. Where is the question of misappropriation?" Pawar told reporters here. The Minister's comments come in

POLITICS

PM assures action if irregularities are found in farm loan waiver

March 6, 2013, 12:38 pm | CNN-IBN POLITICS

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday assured that action will be taken if irregularities are found in the farm loan waiver scheme. The Prime Minister's statement in the Rajya Sabha came after loud protests by the Opposition in the House. The Lok Sabha, too, witnessed a demand from the Opposition to discuss the CAG report on farm loan waiver scheme. The CAG report which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday had criticised the scheme's implementation, citing lapses in 22 per cent of the cases. Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha were not satisfied by the Prime Minister's statement and continued to shout slogans, "Anti-farmer government will not work." Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that there

POLITICS

Uproar in LS over CAG report on farm loan waiver scheme

March 6, 2013, 11:40 am | CNN-IBN POLITICS

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Wednesday after uproar over alleged scam in farm loan waiver scheme. The CAG report which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday had criticised the scheme's implementation, citing lapses in 22 per cent of the cases. The loan waiver scheme was brought by the UPA government in its first term (2004-09). The Comptroller and Auditor General has said there were serious lapses and malpractices in implementing the government's Rs 52,000 crore ($9.5 billion) farm loan waiver scheme in 2008. In a report tabled in parliament on Tuesday on "Implementation of Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008", the CAG said there were irregularities in at least one in five cases.

POLITICS

Rs 25,628 cr of UP budget unutilised, says CAG report

March 6, 2013, 3:47 am | Press Trust of India POLITICS

Lucknow: The CAG report for the year ending March 31, 2012 tabled in the UP Assembly on Tuesday shows that Rs 25,628 crore of 34 departments remained unutilised. According to the report, of the 34 departments wherein the budget amount could not be fully utilised included agriculture, urban development, women and child welfare, education, social welfare, irrigation and planning. The unutilised amount in each of these departments stood at over Rs 500 crores, the report said. Indicating at the flaws in the budgetary provisions, the report also states that in eight departments almost Rs 10 thousand crores have remained unutilised in the past five years which points out that the assessment was wide off the mark. There

INDIA

Critical shortage of doctors in defence hospitals: CAG

December 14, 2012, 5:32 pm | Press Trust of India INDIA

New Delhi: The medical arm of the defence services on Friday came in for criticism by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) over "critical shortage" of medical officers which is likely to impact patient care. "There was an overall shortage of 12 per cent medical officers in the hospitals under the Director General Armed Forces Medical Services...Even among the Command and Specialist hospitals, the posted strength varied from minus 25 per cent in Udhampur to plus 93 per cent in R and R Hospital in Delhi," the report said. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report on medical establishments in defence services was tabled in Parliament on Friday. The cumulative deficiencies in field, peripheral, mid-zonal and zonal hospitals and