CAG Report
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India have rapped the Ministry of External Affairs for inefficient management of its properties across the world that has cost the exchequer several crores. Criticising the ‘Global Estate Management’ by the MEA, the CAG, in its latest report, the Auditor general said, that the properties that were purchased or [...] Continue Reading »
In a report tabled in Parliament and released on Friday, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said that an amount of over Rs 3,000 crore was spent by the Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government to regularize illegal colonies in Delhi, but even the most basic of facilities were not provided to the residents of these [...] Continue Reading »
Debi Prasad Mishra, the Odisha’s industry minister now demands an explanation from the esteemed Industrial Infrastructural Development Corporation (IDCO), and for good reasons. No one would sit tight and not question the INR 520,000 Cr land scam, not when the industry minister has his eyes on the progress of the report, says sources. The industrial [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) has raised questions about the legal sanctity of land documents on the basis of which corporate houses setting up steel, aluminium, cement and power projects in Odisha have drawn bank loans to the tune of approximately Rs 52,424 crore. The CAG’s questions with regard to the legality [...] Continue Reading »
There has been a loss of Rs 104.40 crore to the government by The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), the Karnataka government undertaking that acquires land and allots to industries, due to allotting developed industrial plots at subsidized rates to three companies in 2012- 13. The KIADB allotted fully developed plots at Narasapura Industrial [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi: The recent CAG of India report criticized about the inability of the government in rise in cost and non-completion of infrastructure projects, particularly in providing low-cost housing. Many projects had been announced under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to provide housing for the poor. Despite getting a year’s extension, most of [...] Continue Reading »
Jaipur: It has been revealed by an audit report that Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) has been favouring a few developers which has led the civic body to incur a loss of Rs 12 crore during land conversion, transfer and regularization. Now, the JDA has been charged by the audit report with wrongdoings such as charging [...] Continue Reading »
Bellandur lake is the largest lake in the Bangalore city and is spread across 900 acres. A total of Rs 1.91 crore has been spent on restoration of the lake in the city. However, the lake is very far from what it looks restored. According to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, restoration work [...] Continue Reading »
It is an indigestible fact that the Cauvery water which we drink is getting mixed with the sewage overflow. This is how, the residents are being responsible for consuming Cauvery water as well as polluting it! Today, Bangalore municipal authorities are treating hardly 10 percent of sewage water and the rest of then are either [...] Continue Reading »
Residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) have spoken out strongly against the power hike, calling it arbitrary and illogical. A power tariff hike in the middle of an anti-corruption movement has only made the matters worse. A regular middle class person is also feeling helpless. Even a member of DERC’s trade advisory committee, Anil Sood, has called [...] Continue Reading »
