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Former J&K Governor G C Murmu sworn in as Comptroller and Auditor General

At a ceremony held in the Ashoka Hall, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Murmu was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India

Supreme Court to hear applications on BCCI matter after two weeks

The matter came up for hearing before a bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justice L Nageswara Rao

Trustees of PM CARES appoint SARC & Associates as auditor of fund

Opposition parties have questioned how the PM CARES Fund is being kept out of the audit purview of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

Why Modi's PM CARES is more democratic than PM National Relief Fund

With a constitutionally sound trust in place, expectations would be that PM CARES becomes a war chest India can readily rely on in emergencies when the future of an entire country is at stake

The AGR case is a triumph of bureaucratic obstinacy over good sense

While it raises the larger question of the Court's role on matters that have a major impact on the economy, much of the blame also lies with the govt for poor handling of the issue

Coal scam: SC asks CBI to file fresh report on probe against ex-CBI chief

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Deepak Gupta granted time to the agency after it sought time

Towards transparency

Disclosure of extra-budgetary borrowings is a prudent move

Reforming Railways

Passenger fare hike does not go far enough

Quantifying the social burden on railway finances

Put simply, the Railways spent Rs 98.44 for every Rs 100 it earned. This was the highest level in 10 years.

A blueprint for fiscal management & development

The Delhi government has focused its spends on essential services

Letter to BS: Bankers shouldn't fear cops if they are not corrupt

A frank discussion and the assurance by the PM earlier and the FM now will be of great value to the bureaucracy in the banking world

States likely to step up borrowing in 4th quarter for social expenditures

Almost all states have raised much more debt than at the same time last year, except Maharashtra.

At 43%, farm loan waiver bags lion's share in Maharashtra subsidy: CAG

Expenditure over subsidy was Rs 20,984 crore in 2016-17, which increased by 62 per cent to Rs 33,894 crore, the CAG report said

Six CIL arms did not formulate policy mandated by MoEF, says CAG

Six of the seven coal producing subsidiaries of the world's largest miner CIL did not devise a policy as mandated by the environment ministry, according to a CAG report tabled in Parliament on Wednesday. "Coal India Ltd (CIL) amended its original Corporate Environment Policy (CEP) and formulated a comprehensive Environment Policy only in March, 2012, followed by a revised policy in December 2018. "However, six out seven coal producing subsidiaries of CIL did not formulate a policy as mandated by MoEF&CC (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) which stipulated that a well laid down environment policy duly approved by the Board of Directors of the subsidiaries needs to be in place," the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said. Further, guidelines containing the responsibility and delegation at different levels in environment discipline were formulated by CIL, but the same were not dovetailed in their operating manual by the subsidiaries, ...

CPSEs' non-compliance to directives led to Rs 9k-cr dividend shortfall: CAG

The CAG also pulled up the government for including the income from investment in SUUTI as part of the disinvestment proceeds leading to overstatement of Rs 1,400 crore

DTIDC lagging in upgrading ISBTs, CAG says failed to reduce pollution

The report was tabled on Tuesday during the winter session of Delhi Assembly by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

Delhi govt maintained revenue surplus over last five years: CAG report

The audit report by CAG for the year ended March 2018, noted that tax revenue and non-tax revenue also registered an increase of 14.7% and 101% respectively over the previous year

Net surplus revenue decreased 66% to Rs 1,666 cr in 2017-18: CAG report

The share of internal resources in total capital expenditure also decreased to 3.01 per cent in 2017-18

CAG slams Odisha for non-submission of Rs 38k cr utilisation certificates

The CAG said that 28,529 UCs for an amount aggregating Rs 38,427.91 crore remained outstanding against 35 departments of the state as of March 2018.

Poor project management in building office by NHAI blocked Rs 44 crore: CAG

The government watchdog, in its 'Audit Report on Union Government (Commercial)-Compliance' has also said that NHAI made avoidable payment of Rs 11.79 crore on rent