-Down to Earth 77% packaged drinking water units in 18 states operating without no-objection certificates The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) conducted the performance audit of groundwater management and regulation to analyse the extent of groundwater scarcity in the country. The audit report was presented in the Parliament December 21, 2021. The audit was conducted on the basis of five years of data (2013-2018) on groundwater management and regulation in India. The...
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Corporate tax assessment: CAG spots major errors in over 350 cases
-The Hindu Business Line Suggests CBDT to create a foolproof IT system, internal control mechanism The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out significant errors in the assessment of over 350 cases related to corporate tax. It also advised the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to put in place a foolproof IT system and internal control mechanism to avoid such recurrences. In a report tabled in Parliament, the apex...
More »Did poor government handling in Kerala cause 2018 floods? Yes, says CAG -KA Shaji
-Down to Earth From floodplain identification to flood hazard map to availability of rain gauges, CAG report points out shortcomings in Kerala’s flood response Could poor response on part of the Kerala government have caused the massive floods of 2018 in the state? A recent report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pointed at severe lapses on the part of the government in planning, capacity building, flood forecasting and dam...
More »Banks' NPAs kept rising in the past due to lack of transparency: PM Modi
-Livemint.com PM Modi said due to the lack of transparency in the country's banking sector earlier, various practices used to take place Audit Diwas: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that banks' NPAs kept increasing in the past due lack of a lack of transparency in the banking sector. He said due to the lack of transparency in the country's banking sector earlier, various practices used to take place. “As a...
More »Kerala floods and the CAG alarm bell that went unheeded -AM Jigeesh
-The Hindu Business Line The 2016 report had flagged the disastrous impact of unchecked illegal constructions; but it was never tabled in the Assembly Early warnings of a 2016 draft report of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) Kerala office about the disastrous implications of the environmental degradation due to unchecked and illegal construction activities in the State seem to have been buried, with the report inexplicably not getting tabled in the...
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