Public Accounts Committee
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Celebration of 100 years of PAC scheduled for December 4-5: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
India | Dec 04, 2021, 08:11 AM ISTBriefing about the celebration, Chowdhury said, "The celebration of 100 years of PAC is scheduled on Dec 4-5. 52 nations, including Pakistan, were invited to the celebrations of 100 years of PAC."
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Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury appointed PAC chairman
India | Jul 26, 2019, 09:33 AM ISTCongress member in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC of Parliament) in keeping with the convention where the post goes to the leader from the opposition party.
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KG Basin, MNREGA among issues to be examined by PAC
National | Sep 20, 2014, 09:21 AM ISTNew Delhi: Pending reports on KG Basin, UPA's flagship rural employment scheme MNREGA and indigenous construction of warships are among the 41 subjects selected by Parliament's key Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for examination in the
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K V Thomas takes over a new PAC Chairman
National | Aug 20, 2014, 02:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior Congress leader K V Thomas today took over as the new Chairman of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.The key committee, which examines CAG reports after they are tabled in Parliament, will hold its
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Congress fires at BJP over adverse audit report on Gujarat
National | Jul 29, 2014, 11:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: Using an official audit report on Gujarat, the Congress party lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party Monday and said the adverse remarks on favours to industrialists suggested how its recent mega election
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Panel recommends action against Kalmadi over 2008 CYG
Other Sports | Feb 28, 2014, 11:59 PM ISTMumbai: A legislative panel Friday recommended criminal action against suspended Congress parliamentarian Suresh Kalmadi, who headed the 2008 Pune Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) organising committee, for alleged misappropriation of funds.Girish Bapat, chairman of the Public
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Govt demands Joshi, CAG clear air on 2G report
India | Nov 23, 2012, 07:59 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 23: The government on Friday demanded that PAC Chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi and CAG clear the air after a former CAG official R P Singh questioned the CAG's estimates of presumptive loss
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M M Joshi Among 15 Lok Sabha Members Elected To New PAC Team
India | Apr 08, 2012, 11:23 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 8: Murli Manohar Joshi, the chairman of the outgoing Public Accounts Committee, is among the 15 Lok Sabha members elected to the prestigious Parliamentary panel for its next term.Among the fresh faces
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Goa Mining Scam, CM Meets Sonia
India | Oct 13, 2011, 01:59 PM ISTPanaji, Oct 13: In the backdrop of allegations pertaining to illegal mining, Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the national capital, sources said today.Though Kamat government has been facing heat
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Goa Speaker Protecting Someone In Illegal Mining Scam, Says Parrikar
India | Oct 07, 2011, 07:04 PM ISTPanaji, Oct 7: Goa's Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar today accused assembly speaker Pratapsingh Rane of trying to protect ‘someone' involved in illegal mining scam.“Speaker is in league with the government. There is no hesitation
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Goa PAC Wants CBI Probe Into Illegal Mining
India | Oct 04, 2011, 06:41 PM ISTPanaji, Oct 4: The Public Accounts Committee of Goa assembly has recommended an enquiry by CBI or the lokayukta against all those indicted by it in the illegal mining cases.While the PAC report has not
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2G Report Issue Not Over Yet: Joshi
India | Jun 17, 2011, 08:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 17: Undeterred by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar returning the panel's controversial report on 2G scam, PAC Chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi today said the issue was not over yet and he would
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PAC: Congress, Oppn Head For Showdown
India | Apr 27, 2011, 10:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 27: An all out political war broke out today with the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) coming down heavily on the PMO, Cabinet Secretariat and faulting the Prime Minister in the 2G scam
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2G Probe By PAC Deadlocked
India | Apr 15, 2011, 06:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 15: Sharp divisions were witnessed today in the Public Accounts Committee over its continuing the probe into the 2G spectrum scam.At the PAC meeting today, Congress and DMK members questioned the need
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Search Panel Fails To Find Ratan Tata's Replacement
India | Apr 06, 2011, 10:04 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 6: Eight months after it was set up to find a successor to Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata, the search panel has concluded that it cannot find a "replacement" for the group
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Anil Ambani, Telecom CEOs Questioned By PAC
India | Apr 05, 2011, 04:15 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 5: Reliance Communications Chairman Anil Ambani today appeared before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) which quizzed him for over two hours in connection with alleged irregularities in 2G spectrum allocation.Ambani, also a