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  K Sanjay Murthy to be next Comptroller and Auditor General of India, who is he?

  India | November 18, 2024 23:01 IST

  President 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 | March 31, 2022 7:44 IST

  As 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 | January 01, 2019 16:51 IST

  Responding 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 | April 01, 2015 17:39 IST

  Gandhinagar: 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

  Politics | February 25, 2015 15:52 IST

  New 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

  Politics | February 16, 2015 23:28 IST

  New 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 | December 21, 2014 22:19 IST

  New 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

  Politics | October 30, 2014 7:55 IST

  New 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 | October 05, 2014 11:14 IST

  New 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 | September 21, 2014 13:24 IST

  New 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 | July 18, 2014 16:55 IST

  New 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 | July 16, 2014 17:40 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: 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

  Politics | July 13, 2014 17:39 IST

  New 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

  Politics | November 16, 2012 16:43 IST

  New 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 | August 22, 2012 19:36 IST

  Lucknow,  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

  June 11, 2012 17:44 IST

  New 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 | April 06, 2012 9:14 IST

  New 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

  September 08, 2011 14:12 IST

  New 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 | August 03, 2011 16:56 IST

  New 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-

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  Ashok Chavan Govt's Rs 118 Cr Help To Bank Unwarranted: CAG

  India | April 22, 2011 10:16 IST

  Mumbai, Apr 22 : The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has passed strictures against former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan-led government which it said extended “injudicious” assistance of Rs 118.50 crore to the Nanded District