Comptroller And Auditor General
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Where did Bihar government spend Rs 70,000 crore? CAG flags irregularities, cites embezzlement risk
India | Jul 25, 2025, 04:13 PM ISTThe Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged serious financial irregularities in Bihar, revealing that the state government has not submitted utilisation certificates (UCs) for Rs 70,877.61 crore as of March 31, 2024.
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K Sanjay Murthy to be next Comptroller and Auditor General of India, who is he?
India | Nov 18, 2024, 11:01 PM ISTPresident Droupadi Murmu, exercising her power under Article 148 of the Constitution, appointed K Sanjay Murthi as the new CAG. Murthy will succeed Girish Chandra Murmu, who had assumed charge of the office in 2020.
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'Huge gaps in medical facilities of Bihar', says Comptroller and Auditor General of India report
India | Mar 31, 2022, 07:44 AM ISTAs per the performance and compliance audit report, govt auditor conducted performance audits in 5 districts- Patna, Biharsharif, Hajipur, Jehanabad, and Madhepura districts for the period 2014-15 to 2019-20, and found 52 to 92 pc shortfall of beds as per IPHS in the district hospitals.
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Stinking bio-toilets: Need foolproof method to improve system, Railways told
India | Jan 01, 2019, 04:51 PM ISTResponding to the committee's observation, the Railways said corrective measures have been introduced and cross-checking of bio-toilets has been intensified.
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87% talukas in Gujarat do not have blood banks: CAG
India | Apr 01, 2015, 05:39 PM ISTGandhinagar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has noticed 'deficiency' in functioning of blood banks in Gujarat, pointing out that 87% of state talukas do not have a single blood bank."Audit observed that government blood
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Arvind Kejriwal meets CAG on audit of discoms
National | Feb 25, 2015, 03:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma and discussed the status of scrutiny of finances of the private power distribution companies by the auditor which was
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Kejriwal tasks departments with halving power rates
National | Feb 16, 2015, 11:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday tasked the finance and power departments with preparing proposals to halve power rates and provide free supply of water, up to 20,000 litres per month, to every
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CBI registers a fresh case in coal scam
India | Dec 21, 2014, 10:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: The CBI Sunday registered a case against two private companies and some unidentified public servants in its ongoing probe in the alleged coal scam case and conducted searches at five places in West
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Jaitley asks CAG not to sensationalise its findings to get into headlines
National | Oct 30, 2014, 07:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has asked the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) not to sensationalise its findings to get into headlines, a view the Congress party had voiced in the past after huge
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No decision on making CAG multi-member body: Finance Ministry
India | Oct 05, 2014, 11:14 AM ISTNew Delhi: No decision has been taken on the suggestion of the UPA government-appointed Shunglu Committee to make CAG a multi-member body, the Finance Ministry has said.The high-level committee, headed by former CAG VK Shunglu,
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Padmanabhaswamy temple audit to take 5-6 months: Former CAG
India | Sep 21, 2014, 01:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: The special audit of the properties of Kerala's famous Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, which is facing allegations of financial irregularities, is expected to be completed in the next five to six months.Former CAG Vinod
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CAG finds fault with Railways' PPP projects execution
India | Jul 18, 2014, 04:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finding fault with railways' PPP projects execution, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has observed that the national transporter failed to adhere to standard procedures and rules were violated in selection of private
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418 bars closed but Kerala on a high
India | Jul 16, 2014, 05:40 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: What if 418 bars in Kerala have not opened this fiscal -- liquor sales in the remaining 313 bars in the state have risen 95 per cent compared to the same period of last
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CBI to look into NDA meeting for VVIP chopper; may examine its own special Director
National | Jul 13, 2014, 05:39 PM ISTNew Delhi: After recording statements of three Governors in connection with the alleged bungling in purchase of VVIP helicopters, the focus of CBI's probe into the Rs 3,600 crore deal has shifted to meetings held
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UPA government question CAG over 2G
National | Nov 16, 2012, 04:43 PM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 16: A day after the much-hyped 2G spectrum auction turned out to be a damp squib, both the UPA government and the Congress Thursday questioned the Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai's
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Service records of CAG Vinod Rai missing
India | Aug 22, 2012, 07:36 PM ISTLucknow, Aug 21: A Lucknow-based RTI activist Arvind Shukla has found out that the service records of Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) Vinod Rai are missing.The service records “are not traceable”, the Department of Personnel and
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Amit Mitra meets FM, talks on package remain inconclusive
Jun 11, 2012, 05:44 PM ISTNew Delhi, June 11: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra today called on Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to seek a special package for the state, but talks remain inconclusive.“Discussions are going on ... when
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Not Only Army Chief, Even CAG Report Said, Indian Artillery Obsolete, Navy Deals Flawed
India | Apr 06, 2012, 09:14 AM ISTNew Delhi, April 6: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report to Parliament had said Indian artillery was "obsolete" months before the Army Chief Gen V K Singh on March 12 wrote to
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CAG Flays Oil Min For Allowing Reliance To Retain Entire D6 Area
Sep 08, 2011, 02:12 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 8 : National auditor CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General)today castigated the Oil Ministry for allowing Reliance Industries to retain its entire eastern offshore KG-D6 block in contravention of the Production Sharing Contract,
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CAG Heat On Sheila Dikshit, LG Khanna For CWG Mess
India | Aug 03, 2011, 04:56 PM ISTNew Delhi, Aug 3 : Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit and Lieutenant- Governor ( L- G) Tejendra Khanna have been rapped by the Comptroller and Auditor General ( CAG) over the execution of Commonwealth Games-