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  Ex-Cabinet Secretary slams CAG for reports on 2G, coal block allocations

  India | June 02, 2019 9:21 IST

  Referring to the report on 2G, B.K. Chaturvedi said, "It almost appeared as if the CAG wanted to exaggerate the figure of loss, treating the public as his audience rather than the PAC (Public Accounts Committee of Parliament) when he used the figure of 3G auctions held in 2010 to compute losses in licence given in early 2008."

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  ‘Satyameva Jayate’: CAG report exposes lies of Congress on Rafale deal, says Arun Jaitley

  India | February 13, 2019 13:10 IST

  The CAG report claimed that the deal negotiated by the NDA in 2016 was 2.86 per cent cheaper than what was negotiated by the UPA in 2007.

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  Finance Ministry spent Rs 1,157 crore extra in 2017-18 without obtaining prior approval: CAG

  India | February 12, 2019 15:00 IST

  Excess expenditure aggregating Rs 1,156.80 crore was incurred during 2017-18 without obtaining prior approval of Parliament, the CAG report ‘Financial Audit’ of the Accounts of the Union Government said.

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  CAG issue: Congress attack on CAG based on falsehood, says Arun Jaitley

  Politics | February 11, 2019 9:00 IST

  Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal had earlier said that Mehrishi was the finance secretary from October 24, 2014 to August 30, 2015 and in between Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Paris on April 10, 2015 and announced the signing of the Rafale deal.

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  CAG refuses to disclose details on Rafale deal audit, cites breach of Parliament

  India | January 15, 2019 19:39 IST

    In its response to the RTI application filed by Durve, the CAG also refused to share its correspondence related to the audit of Rafale deal with any government department or political party.

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  CAG 'deliberately delaying' report on Rafale fighter jet deal, demonetisation: Ex-bureaucrats

  India | November 13, 2018 14:50 IST

  In a letter, they said there was concern over the "unconscionable" and "unwarranted delay" in bringing out the audit reports on demonetisation and the Rafale fighter jet deal, and the reports should be tabled before Parliament in the Winter Session.   

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  Rafale fighter jet deal: Congress delegation to meet CAG today

  Politics | October 04, 2018 8:10 IST

  During the last meeting, Congress had submitted a 20-point memorandum with history of the deal and ‘proof of how the current NDA government distorted the original tender’ signed by its predecessor UPA government.

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  Rafale deal: Congress delegation to meet Comptroller and Auditor General tomorrow at 12 pm

  Politics | October 03, 2018 23:34 IST

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said the Rafale issue is 20 times bigger than the Bofors issue but the media is "not giving any importance like before".

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  Rafale deal: Government not to satisfy ego of 'ill-informed' Congress leaders

  Politics | September 19, 2018 14:39 IST

  The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that Antony was the Minister when the offset rule was framed and who left the HAL in the lurch as far as joint operations were concerned.

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  We have submitted detailed memorandum in Rafale purchase to CAG: Congress leader Anand Sharma

  Politics | September 19, 2018 12:43 IST

  Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, however, rejected the demand saying all the details on it have already been placed before Parliament.

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  Rafale deal: Congress to raise issue with CAG today, likely to demand thorough probe into matter

  India | September 18, 2018 23:53 IST

  The Congress has asked why the government was not setting up a joint parliamentary committee to probe the fighter jet deal.

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  Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal warns of action against ‘corruption, irregularities’ flagged by CAG

  India | April 04, 2018 17:14 IST

  The move comes at a time when the AAP government and bureaucrats are at loggerheads since the alleged attack on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by some ruling party MLAs at the chief minister’s residence in February. 

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  AAP govt under scanner over ration irregularities

  News | April 04, 2018 12:58 IST

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  Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi sworn in as CAG

  India | September 25, 2017 15:53 IST

  Rajiv Mehrishi was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

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  Rajiv Mehrishi became new CAG of India

  News | September 25, 2017 12:18 IST

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  BHEL takes big hit on stock market following CAG rap over ‘inefficiencies’

  August 09, 2017 11:44 IST

  The CAG report noted that BHEL’s failure to diversify its business portfolio and to bridge the technology gap hit the company’s revenues, and essentially turned its profits into losses

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  CAG raises doubts over PSBs' ability to raise over Rs 1 lakh cr funds from market

  July 28, 2017 17:41 IST

  In its report tabled in Parliament, said that so far, PSBs could only raise Rs 7,726 crore from the market which "raises doubts on the possibility of raising the balance, amounting to over a lakh crore from the market by 2019'

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  Armed forces fully equipped to deal with contingencies, says Arun Jaitley

  India | July 28, 2017 13:37 IST

  Asserting that any shortage in terms of arms and ammunition would be expeditiously made up, the minister said the observations by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) about ammunition supplies was for a particular period.

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  IRCTC forms new policy to upgrade quality of food, plans 1,100 water vending machines

  India | July 23, 2017 19:15 IST

  The Ministry of Railways on Saturday said the IRCTC has formed a new catering policy by unbundling the current services on trains.

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  Navy lacks institutional framework to deal with safety: CAG

  India | July 21, 2017 22:18 IST

  The report, tabled in the Parliament, said a dedicated organisation for dealing with safety issues was setup by the Indian Navy in 2014.