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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, however, rejected the demand saying all the details on it have already been placed before Parliament.
The Congress has asked why the government was not setting up a joint parliamentary committee to probe the fighter jet deal.
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.
Rajiv Mehrishi was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
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
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'
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.
The Ministry of Railways on Saturday said the IRCTC has formed a new catering policy by unbundling the current services on trains.
The report, tabled in the Parliament, said a dedicated organisation for dealing with safety issues was setup by the Indian Navy in 2014.
Despite availability of funds, 1,366 schools in Uttar Pradesh were running without proper buildings, a CAG report said today.
CAG plans to audit the impact of note ban and the affect it has had on government tax revenues, Shashi Kant Sharma said.
Delhi has been under-reporting cases and deaths on account of dengue, a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) claimed.
A huge drain of public money has been detected by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in purchase of cows in Mizoram. As per its report tabled in state legislature, the recommendations of
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