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MGNREGA as Distribution of Dole -Govind Bhattacharjee

-Economic and Political Weekly Govind Bhattacharjee (govind100@hotmail.com) is a Director General at the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. According to the evidence presented in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and studies elsewhere, 11 years of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act have not been able to make much of a dent in rural poverty. This article also suggests some innovative ways...

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CVC examines CBI probe in top bank frauds, including Vijay Mallya's

-PTI CVC Commissioner says bankers need have no fear if their decisions are bonafide New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is supervising CBI's probe in 10 top bank fraud cases, including one involving fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, and says bankers need have no fear if their decisions are bonafide. Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin told PTI that bankers need to "muster courage" to recover their money individually or collectively from defaulters. His assertion...

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SC directs CAG to find how Rs 20,000 cr meant for workers' welfare has been spent

-PTI The court was hearing a PIL alleging that the statutory cess levied from real estate firms for the welfare of construction workers was not being utilised properly. Where has a whopping amount of Rs 20,000 crore, meant for workers’ welfare, gone? Spent on tea parties or vacation of officials? Even the Comptroller and Auditor General doesn’t know, wondered the Supreme Court. These posers were put to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)...

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Generic medicines in a digital age -Dinesh S Thakur & Prashant Reddy T

-The Hindu We need a legal mechanism to ensure that all generics are of the same standard as the innovator product The Prime Minister’s recent announcement on making it mandatory for doctors to prescribe only the generic name, and not brand name of a drug, has led to a flutter. If enacted, the move will make it illegal for Indian doctors to write out a prescription for the trademark of the drug,...

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CAG can now audit UP development authorities

-The Indian Express Govt orders 18-hr power supply to villages, all villages to be covered by 2019 THE STATE Cabinet on Tuesday decided to allow central audit agencies such as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to audit development authorities in the state, which included the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA). The previous Akhilesh government had denied permission to the CAG to audit GDA. In the second Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief...

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