Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) One of the 28 reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India tabled in the West Bengal Assembly by Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta during the extended budget session has revealed a grim picture of the state’s fiscal and revenue deficits during the Mamata Banerjee-led regime.The state leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including the state party president and the Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, has alleged that the previous Mamata Banerjee-l…
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Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will give a statement on the floor of the Assembly on Saturday regarding the state government’s ongoing investigations into allegations surrounding the Sebashray health camp run by Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in his Diamond Harbour constituency in South 24 Parganas district during the previous Mamata Banerjee‑led Trinamool regime. On Friday, during the fifth day of the extended…
Hyderabad, July 20 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister and senior YSRCP leader Buggana Rajendranath has launched a scathing attack on the N. Chandrababu Naidu-led coalition government, describing its fiscal management as “poor” and claiming the state is currently facing the highest revenue deficit in the country at Rs 60,285 crore for the 2024–25 financial year. In an exclusive interview with IANS, the YSRCP leader dismantled the government’s narrative regarding the state’s financial…
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…
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…