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Lax norms linked to banking fraud: CAG
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-The Hindu The amount is tax share of last 10 years The Centre owes over Rs. 81,000 crore to States as tax shares of last 10 years, according to a finding by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. According to details of communication between the CAG and the Finance Ministry, between 1996-97 and 2014-15, the Centre has failed to devolve to States Rs. 81,647.70 crore. Just in 2006-07 the Centre did not disburse...
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-Hard News Floods in Kashmir could have been managed better if there was a reliable early warning system The first fortnight of September saw Jammu and Kashmir being ravaged by severe flash floods. But, according to the snatches of news we got, the monsoon was below average in the state until the last week of August. Thereafter, four days of incessant rain in the Valley and in Jammu made almost all the...
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