Mumbai, July 10 (IANS) In a scathing observation on the implementation of the flagship Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in Maharashtra, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has revealed that a staggering 75 per cent of water supply schemes remained incomplete between 2019 and 2024. It further pointed out that poor planning, missing baseline surveys, and rampant project revisions caused the mission’s expenditure to double its initial estimates, skyrocketing to over Rs 26,400 crore.According…
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New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered maintenance of status quo in the dispute over the audit of Delhi’s private electricity distribution companies (discoms), staying further steps in relation to the proposed audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) as well as the direction to appoint an independent chartered accountant. A bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Shree Chandrashekhar passed the interim order while hearing appeals filed by the Delhi Electricity Regu…
Patna, June 29 (IANS) The political confrontation between the ruling alliance and the opposition in Bihar has intensified after Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, describing him as a “rubber-stamp” and a “selected Chief Minister.” Addressing the media, Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the state government has failed to address key issues, including inflation, unemployment, law and order, and corruption, and accused the administr…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) A fresh political flashpoint is set to erupt in the Kerala Assembly with the CAG flagging the transfer of Rs 262.06 crore from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) to the Consolidated Fund, raising questions over financial management during the previous Pinarayi Vijayan government.The 2024-25 economic review report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, tabled on Tuesday in the Assembly, said the transfer was carried out in an irregular manner a…
Ajmer, May 25 (IANS) Strategies to strengthen the Congress in Rajasthan and Delhi took centre stage at a training camp addressed by General Secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal on Monday, a leader said. District Congress Committee Presidents from the two states were briefed by Venugopal with the objective of deepening their grassroots connect and spread the party’s message down to the last booth, said a party statement.Venugopal said in a message on X, “At the training camp for the newly …
Visakhapatnam, April 8 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Botcha Satyanarayana has written to Governor S. Abdul Nazeer that the State Finance Department presented incorrect and incomplete information on government borrowings for 2024-25 and 2025-26 in the Council.In his letter, Botcha Satyanarayana said the reply given by the Principal Finance Secretary to a starred question in the February 2026 session understated the actual borrowings and omitted k…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta, on Thursday, flagged systemic failures in the excise framework and called for time-bound action on the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee, an official said. He also called for steps to enforce accountability and secure time-bound compliance with legislative scrutiny.The Delhi Assembly Secretariat, acting on the adoption of the second report of the Committee on Public Accounts over the “Report of the CAG on Performance…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday hit out at the previous AAP government in the Assembly, highlighting its financial indiscipline and corruption that led to delays and cost escalations in the construction of hospitals and schools. She said the previous year had been eventful, as the government worked hard to improve service delivery.“Now the work will not be done to create headlines, but as per guidelines. We are doing our best to improve Delhi and tak…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhi Cabinet Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in the Assembly on Friday that the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report concerning the now-scrapped excise policy has exposed the “deliberate policy manipulation” under the previous government led by Arvind Kejriwal.During the discussion in the Legislative Assembly on the CAG report on excise policy, Sirsa asserted that the findings, along with observations made by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), point …
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Criticising the previous Aam Aadmi Party government, Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Friday hailed the adoption of the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) reports by the House after a gap of over 15 years.Addressing members, Gupta said, “As you are all aware, the previous government failed to lay the copies of the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) reports before the House, and the PAC was practically rendered defunct.”He said that during the entire perio…