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CAG or SC cannot choose policies: Digvijay Singh 03 September 2012
The AICC general secretary, Digvijay Singh said that the Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG, are not eligible to choose policies for the government. He mentioned that being a democratic nation, only the government chosen by the people as the power...
Keywords: CAG, Comptroller and Auditor GEneral, AICC, Supreme Court
Read MoreFarmers selling organs to clear debts 07 March 2013
Even after five years passed since the UPA government has promised the farm loan waiver scheme diverting a large share of the total allocated money for the nation to Andhra Pradesh, the state remains in doldrums unable to reel back...
Keywords: farm loan waiver scheme, center, comptroller and auditor general, cag
Read MoreUproar over farm loan intensifies in Lok Sabha! 06 March 2013
On Wednesday, Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon after uproar by opposition members on the alleged farm loan waiver scam. In fact, as soon as the House met, members of the BJP and the Left were on their feet raising...
Keywords: AIADMK, Gopinath Munde, CAG report, Speaker Meira Kumar
Read MoreCAG refuses to join political debate 28 August 2012
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the government's own auditor, had refused to join a political debate on the CAG's report on the coal blocks allocation issue. The CAG himself announced the statement officially. The statement made and released...
Keywords: Manmohan singh, CAG, prime minister, prime minister
Read MoreCAG exposes multi-crore land scam in AP 30 March 2012
This was the first time that the CAG has come out with a comprehensive audit report on land allotments in AP even as the doles of the YSR Government remained a subject of major scandal and controversy in the last...
Keywords: Brahmani Industries Ltd, Andhra Pradesh, socio-economic development, late Chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy
Read MoreAdvani writes to PM 04 June 2012
BJP leader L K Advani has penned down a letter to the prime minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to make changes to the present system of appointing the chief election commissioner and the comptroller and auditor general. Further, L K...
Keywords: L K Advani, Manmohan Singh, comptroller and auditor general, comptroller and auditor general
Read MoreNew CAG sworn in 23 May 2013
Shashikant Sharma was sworn in today as Comptroller and Account General of India (CAG). The swearing in ceremony was conducted by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Shashikant Sharma previously served as the Defence Secretary. He...
Keywords: President of India Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan, Defence Secretary, Defence Secretary, Vinod Rai of Bihar cader IAS officer
Read MoreDistressed AP Farmers selling organs - CAG Report! 07 March 2013
The UPA government after almost five years allocation of the lion's share of its Rs 52,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme to Andhra Pradesh, reports are emerging from the state that farmers suffering from extreme misfortune are selling their organs...
Keywords: UPA government, comptroller and auditor general, andhra farmers, andhra farmers
Read MoreCAG can audit telecom companies accounts 06 January 2014
The Delhi High Court on Monday said Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) can audit the accounts of private telecom companies under relevant provisions of the law and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. In 2010 telecom tribunal...
Keywords: Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), CAG, India Business News, Business News
Read MoreCAG's coal report to be tabled in Parliament today? 22 May 2012
The Comptroller and Auditor General’s report allocation of coal blocks is likely to put the Centre in a fix. The sources said that the government gave away coal mines to several private entities without calling anyone for auctions. This was...
Keywords: allocation of coal mines, auction, final report, allocation of coal mines
Read MorePawar policies led to Rs 1,200 crore loss on pulses: CAG 29 December 2011
In a report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the CAG says the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution caused a loss of over Rs1, 200 crore to state-owned commodity trading agencies by not monitoring imports of pulses. Agriculture...
Keywords: Agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, CAG report, Official food trading companies, State Trading Corporation
Read MoreTSMIDC Accepts Medicines Of Low Shelf Life In Telangana 28 March 2017
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), in its report stated that the Telangana Medical and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TSMIDC) had accepted nine essential medicines, of low shelf life. The shelf life of these medicines, was less than 80%. The report was...
Keywords: TSMIDC, Telangana, CAG, low shelf life
Read MoreAP Govt Slammed By CAG On Pattiseema Irrigation Irregularities 19 April 2018
AP Govt Slammed By CAG On Pattiseema Irrigation Irregularities:- The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) slammed the AP Government for handling the key irrigation project of the state, Pattiseema Irrigation Project. CAG found irregularities in issuing the contract of the...
Keywords: CAG, Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme, Polavaram updates, The Comptroller and Auditor General
Read MoreCAG report on Delhi airport modernization 23 May 2012
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) is smelling a huge scam in Delhi airport deal with private sector Dial. In its report, CAG stated that Delhi airport allotted land, worth Rs. 163 lakh crore, as a part of...
Keywords: comptroller and auditor general of India, land, comptroller and auditor general of India, scam in Delhi airport deal
Read MoreCAG & India Inc..where are we heading!! 18 August 2012
2G loss: Rs: 1.76 lakh Cr - 31 March 2010: CAG says that there was large scale irregularities in the spectrum allocation. Coal loss: Rs 1.85 lakh Cr - 17 August 2012: CAG says that part of this financial gain...
Keywords: cag, comptroller, comptroller, moody downgrades
Read MoreCAG report reveals ammunition power shortage in Indian Army 09 May 2015
If India were to go to war now, 90 per cent of its available ammunition would not last even for 10 days, inferred the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in a report tabled in Parliament on Friday. It said the...
Keywords: Comptroller and Auditor General, Indian Army, Comptroller and Auditor General, CAG
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