-PTI/ Business Standard Assam has recorded a decline in its growth rate while its fiscal deficit, outstanding debt and public debt have increased significantly at the end of 2019-20, a CAG report said Guwahati: Assam has recorded a decline in its growth rate while its fiscal deficit, outstanding debt and public debt have increased significantly at the end of 2019-20, a Comptroller and Auditor (CAG) report on state finance for the period...
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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...
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-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...
More »Why the CAG has raised questions about the Yogi Adityanath government’s spending on Kumbh 2019 -Ashish Misra
-IndiaToday.in Irregularities worth hundreds of crores have been flagged in a CAG report on preparation works for Kumbh 2019, the most expensive public event in Uttar Pradesh’s history Lucknow: On August 19, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) filed a report on the Yogi Adityanath government’s arrangements for the Kumbh Mela 2019 in Prayagraj. The report was presented by Principal Accountant General B.K. Mohanty. It highlighted irregularities worth hundreds of crores of...
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