No price panel meetings in 10 Assam tea-growing districts in 5 years, finds CAG
Less than 4 meetings held in the rest of the 8 districts; less than two meetings per year took place in 5 West Bengal tea districts during 2016-…
Fisheries institute spent Rs 10.18 crore on old vessel but didn’t use it for student learning: CAG
The average utilisation of the vessel in a year was just five days between 2014-15 & 2020-21
CAG finds Chhattisgarh mining department underutilised District Mineral Fund Trusts, delayed projects
Funds worth Rs 891.67 crore sanctioned without identifying areas and people affected by mining; 1,436 works taken up from 2016 to 2019 …
Warned, yet unprepared
States prone to floods have failed to implement management schemes, finds a performance audit of CAG
CAG flags MoEFCC projects costing Rs 4.47 crore for procedural lapses
Two projects failed to take-off due to lack of monitoring and non-signing of agreements between parties
CAG report highlights glaring issues with functioning of key scientific institutions
Institute for Plasma Research and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology pulled up
CAG finds irregularities in Chhattisgarh local bodies
Delays in holding polls, no meetings for several urban local bodies, finds audit
Coastal area projects got Centre’s nod without proper environmental impact assessment, finds CAG
Projects used outdated baseline data for green assessment, no environmental impact evaluation
Health insurance companies recorded Rs 26,364 cr losses in 5 years: CAG report
Multiple settlements for single claim, claims paid in excess of sum insured among reasons for losses
Are crop insurance schemes working? CAG report reveals
Multiple gaps in implementation of crop insurance schemes may have compromised their purpose of benefitting farmers
Delay in empanelling hospitals, failure to meet standards plague PMJAY scheme: CAG
Availability of EHCPs per 100,000 beneficiaries in Assam, Dadra & Nagar Haveli-Daman & Diu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar …
LPG connections not only success metric: CAG on Ujjwala
Scheme can't be a success without transition to clean fuel through sustained LPG use, auditor says
Fund scam?
CAG indicts Tripura power PSU for violation of environmental regulations
A recently tabled CAG audit report has made indicting remarks on Tripura State Electricity Corporation’s environmental track record in a …
CAG audit points out loss of mining revenue in Odisha
The state government has accepted under assessment and other deficiencies worth Rs 773.44 crore in 180 cases out of 191 identified by CAG
Bihar canal collapse brings lack of dam safety in focus
A CAG report released in July found that less than 10 per cent dams had disaster management plans in place
Sabarimala waste, power management threatens Periyar Tiger Reserve: CAG
An audit report blames Travancore Devaswom Board and the state electricity board for not setting up compositing and drainage facilities or laying …
Forest officials have subverted premier research body for personal benefit: CAG
Indian Forest Service officials are occupying top posts meant for scientists in Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education; audit report …
Less than 10 per cent of dams have emergency action plans in case of floods: CAG
Report by the CAG has found delays and discrepancies in execution of projects for river management
Live bombs, war scrap at India’s container depots: CAG
Auditor asks Department of Revenue to develop mechanism to monitor uncleared containers
Uttarakhand has failed to rejuvenate the Ganga through Namami Gange
New CAG report reveals that almost 26 million litres of untreated sewage still flows into the Ganga every day in the state
Even after 4 years of Ujjwala, dealers travel 92 km to deliver cylinders: CAG
17 % beneficiaries still come to dealers’ warehouses for getting cylinder refills
Expediting of five major dam projects saw cost escalation of 2,341 per cent: CAG
The five are among a total 16 projects approved by the Indian Government as part of ‘a Scheme of National Projects’ for water …
People of Maharashtra exposed to sub-standard drugs: CAG report
About 1,006 cases of sub-standard drugs were reported between 2012 and 2017, but FDA failed to recall most of these drugs
Merely increasing PMFBY budget allocation might not help
To make this scheme really attractive for farmers, various serious measures need to be taken