Comptroller and Auditor General of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has highlighted irregularities in the development of Tamil Nadu’s IT special economic zones in tier II cities including Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Salem. A majority of the land remains unoccupied for over two-and-a-half years and the agency blame it on lack of planning and proper marketing. Given [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has slammed Gujarat government for its slackness in implementing welfare schemes for construction workers in the state. The infrastructure and construction sector is one of the biggest employers in Gujarat. The audit-watch dog has claimed that only 6 % of an estimated 12 lakh construction workers in [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has revealed in a recent report sent to Lieutenant Governor’s office that the Sheila Dikshit-led Congress government did not provide the much-claimed basic services in 895 unauthorized colonies in Delhi before legalizing them. Though the provision of basic facilities to illegal colonies in the capital was one of the [...] Continue Reading »
The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority was rapped by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India recently. The principal secretary and state urban development department was also a vital part of this. The major reason was completion of only about 38 out of the 157 infrastructure projects. The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority came up [...] 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 »
Thiruvananthapuram- On 12th December, comptroller and auditor general of India submitted a report in the state assembly which says that Kochi Corporation does not adopt transparency methods while assessing property tax in city. The report also stated variations in calculating property tax for similar properties in the same area. Other faults found includes lack of co-ordination between town and revenue [...] Continue Reading »
The hundi system monitored by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has come under severe criticism of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The CAG has reported that the Palike commissioner and the Chief Accounts Officer are responsible for its poor financial condition. CAG has observed that the BBMP’s improper financial management has resulted in useless [...] Continue Reading »
The act of improper planning and investment made by the BWSSB has been held by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its recent survey in the year 2010. CAG reported the same to the government authorities and insisted the government to appoint a separate for spending public money usefully. CAG founded out [...] Continue Reading »
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has found a series of lapses on the part of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in preventing pollution in the Bangalore Metropolitan Area (BMA). CAG report nails KSPCB, BDA, BWSSB & KPCL. According to the report for the financial year 2010 tabled in the Assembly, [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi Development Authority has sent a proposal to the Union urban development ministry that four towers be sealed to account for the increased FAR and the allotment process start for the rest of the flats. The urgency for allotment is also because DDA officials feel that if left unoccupied and uncared for, the flats may [...] Continue Reading »
