-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi HC order empowering CAG to Audit private telecom companies would not only kick off a massive Audit exercise,but also ensure that CAG is empowered to Audit PPPs (public-private partnerships), and similar engagements where private sector is engaged in some of the traditional government functions. "It is a landmark judgment, it will be quoted and discussed for years to come," a senior Audit official said,...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday gave nod to the comptroller and Auditor general (CAG) to Audit the accounts of private telecom companies. CAG got the crucial assignment after getting the mandate to Audit power distribution companies from the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and V Kameswar Rao permitted the top accounting body to conduct Audit of private telecom companies under the...

-Newsclick.in With sixty percent children malnourished in the state, the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Services, the largest scheme to provide nutrition to children in the country, is nothing but a sham. Sitting outside her semi-pucca house in Bilgram block, Kasturi says, "My children get five fistful of panjiri once a month from the Aanganwadi Centre." Thirty-three year-old Kasturi has never, in her parents' village or her in-law's village seen an...

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: After getting the mandate to Audit power distribution companies from Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government, the comptroller and Auditor general may well get another crucial assignment on Monday, if the Delhi high court agrees with its stand. HC is expected to deliver a landmark verdict to decide if CAG has the jurisdiction/powers to Audit accounts of private telecom companies. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog...

-The Hindu New Delhi: Alleging that oil companies are a "law unto themselves" and that a "big scam" was in the making at the cost of countless consumers, the Federation of LPG distributors of India on Saturday decided to take to the streets with some members and threatened to go on a hunger strike until their demands were met. "The Marketing Discipline Guidelines are being used by the oil companies to arm-twist...