Tag: Cag Report

Bhubaneswar: The Integrated Action Plan (IAP) for selected tribal and backward districts in State is not functioning properly in Naxal-affected areas, revealed the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG)’s report on general and social sector tabled in the Odisha Assembly today. While special projects have been formulated for selected districts in Odisha to check […]

Bhubaneswar:  Validating regular claims of railway passengers’ which were often falling on deaf ears, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has rapped Indian Railways for substandard quality of food served in trains. Besides, the CAG has also highlighted on the other cleanliness and hygiene issues in the railways. During large scale inspection at […]

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the General and Social sector for the year ended 2014-15 revealed irregularities in various departments of the State government. Noting that a robust system for paddy procurement was absent in Odisha, the CAG today said Paddy Procurement Centres (PPC) were not functioning properly due to delay […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha lost Rs 1049.15 crore for failing to meet the guidelines laid out by the 13th Finance Commission, revealed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Assembly today. 32 departments of the State government have not submitted the utlilisation certificate of funds to the tune of Rs 8561 crore to the […]

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has rapped the Odisha government for failing to achieve the objective of securing the state’s coastline. “The objective of securing the coastline of the state through establishment of Marine Police Stations and sea patrolling was not achieved despite receipt of financial assistance from Government of India […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government today set June 30 as deadline for different departments to submit compliance to CAG report, official sources said.   Chief Secretary A P Padhi gave this direction while reviewing the progress in the matter in the Apex Committee meeting.   The last date for submission of action taken reports (ATR) and replies […]

Bhubaneswar: The performance and compliance audit of several projects and schemes in Odisha by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has brought to fore several irregularities in general and social sectors including losses of around Rs 155 crore to the State exchequer due to improper management of PMGSY. A report of the audit […]

New Delhi: Dismissing the CAG report on the Rafale jet deal as worthless, Congress leader P. Chidambaram said here on Thursday it was presented deliberately on the last day of the budget session of Parliament to escape the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) scrutiny. “The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has meekly submitted to the unprecedented […]

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged shortcomings in the way Odisha government has presented its financial position citing the fresh borrowings by GoO at higher interest rates despite having a large cash balance. The 13th Finance Commission had recommended that the States with large cash balances should make efforts to […]

Bhubaneswar: Natural disasters have made the subsidy bill of Odisha government soar to a new high in 2017-18. Subsidy expenses on natural disasters had risen by a massive Rs 391 crore. As per CAG report ‘State of Finance’ laid in State Assembly recently, when the FRBM (Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management) Act has mandated to […]

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the case pertaining to alleged irregularities in sale and purchase of fodder in a dairy cooperative in Cuttack. The court has directed the agency to accept the complaint by Santosh Kumar Samal, a former employee of Cuttack District Cooperative Milk […]

Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has pulled up the Odisha government for non-inclusion of sizing charges in the Run-of-Mine price of coal during assessment, resulting in short levy of royalty of Rs 112.26 crore. Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, provides that the holder of a mining lease shall […]

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition parties on Monday slammed the Odisha government over the irregularities which have been exposed in the recent audit findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report…