CAG Report

National auditor says state-owned companies make monthly adjustments that aren't best for saving costs, efficiency

The CAG recommended that these CPSEs should discontinue reimbursement of "running and maintenance" expenses of vehicles as it violates DPE guidelines

A CAG report has flagged 24 cases of irregularities involving Rs 348.57 crore related to four Ministries and Departments and four Central Public Sector Enterprises

He sought innovative suggestions from members to shape Knowledge Share Committee strategies for the next three years

Report finds lapses such as multiple settlement of claims, excess payment over insured sum

In its compliance audit report on 'Rationalisation/Deferment of Premium in BOT Projects in NHAI', the CAG noted that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) extended undue benefitS.

The CAG report said the government undertook funding of revenue and capital expenditure using extra budgetary resources in both the years

Rai in an affidavit filed in the court has said that he has inadvertently and wrongly mentioned Nirupam's name earlier

Authorities were good at recovering amounts from medium firms but failed to pin down large and small ones.

State-owned firm neither applied technical due diligence nor did techno-commercial study to assess viability before allotment of its two captive coal blocks, says report

It further said 13 government companies under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas contributed Rs 29,272 crore, representing 40.74 per cent of the total dividend declared by all government firms

Kerala state finance minister TM Thomas Issac said there is nothing to be ashamed of in appearing before the ethics committee of the Kerala legislative assembly

As per rules, IGST must be shared equally between Centre and states and union govt is bound to part with another 42% of its share as per 15th Finance Commission recommendations

Without freight advance from NTPC and Concor the operating ratio would've been worse, notes CAG

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

Chief Secretary Tom Jose had said there were doubts that even before the report was tabled in the assembly

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

No amount has been repaid in the last five years, said the CAG report

Out of 147 entities where the government poured funds, only 12 had paid dividend- two rural banks, nine government companies and one statutory corporation

Report dwells on ills in India's acquisition policy not just in Rafale, but other purchases as well, such as Apache attack helicopters, Chinook heavy lift helicopters, C-130 planes