-The Hindu Business Line Complain to CAG of undervaluation, bid rigging and cartelisation The sale of the public sector Central Electronics Ltd to Nandal Finance and Leasing Pvt Ltd is under the radar of the Comptroller and Auditor General following a complaint of bid rigging by the joint platform of trade unions, including the BMS. Though the CAG’s office is tight lipped about any action on the complaint, BusinessLine has learnt that it...
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Assam's growth rate declines, fiscal deficit, debts rose in 2019-20: CAG
-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...
More »Almost 90% of total allocated funds for MGNREGA in 2021-22 have been utilised, shows tracker prepared by PAEG
-MGNREGA National Tracker (1 April-30 September 2021) by Peoples' Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG), released on 29th October 2021 Highlights of the Tracker: • The total budget allocation for NREGA is 34 percent less than the revised budget for the previous year. • Remaining Funds Can Cover At Most 13 Days of Employment per Household till March 31, 2022. • Pending liabilities from previous years amount to 17,180 crores, 23.53 percent of the total...
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...
More »A fund without a care for the RTI -M Sridhar Acharyulu
-The Hindu The Government’s claim that the PM CARES Fund is not a public authority is unacceptable It may not be an exaggeration to say that when it comes to seeking answers and information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) is consistent in putting up a screen. The manner in which the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund was set...
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