New Bill, old problems

The government is considering setting up a new authority to regulate civil nuclear facilities, saying it will be autonomous and more powerful …

Only 22 housing projects for poor completed under JNNURM, says CAG

Comptroller and Auditor General raps urban development and housing ministries for failing to bring about urban governance reforms  

Naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh see sharp decline in population

Industrialisation and forced sterilisation programmes may be some reasons for the trend

Biodiversity—India’s other scandal

CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents

State of malnourished children

CAG’s latest report blames poor management of anganwadis in Gujarat for the problem

All about mobile spectrum

India’s demand for mobile phones is almost insatiable. Telecom companies are falling over themselves to cash in on it, even if it means …

Lavasa may lose special planning authority status

Comptroller and Auditor General had pulled up developer for illegal expansion plans

Coal scam: fait accompli no ground for not cancelling coal blocks, says SC

Apex court says companies which invested money on coal blocks without getting green clearances took the decision at their own risk

CAG slams Uttar Pradesh for poor implementation of MGNREGS

14.5 per cent decline in employment under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, says country’s chief auditor

MGNREGA inefficiently managed, finds CAG

Government spent Rs. 1,26,961 crore but hardly 30 per cent works are completed

Bureau of Indian Standards failed to prescribe safety norms for mobile phones, towers: CAG report

Revised radiation limit to be in force from September 1 

CAG finds lapses in dental education

Slams health ministry for granting permission to dental colleges with inadequate infrastructure and faculty

CAG raps fisheries board for failed project to provide shrimp seeds to farmers

Report finds loopholes in agreement to set up seed multiplication centre

Kolkata’s hellhole

CAG report a wake-up call for ‘sick’ Assam PSUs

Report shows that of 40 PSUs in the state, 21 incurred heavy losses in 2013-14

CAG exposes land scam in Andhra

Government largesse to private enterprises and individuals cost exchequer Rs 1,784 crore

CAG blames Centre for increase in foodgrain procurement cost

Lack of specific method in determining minimum support price of grains caused variation in margins over production, says report

CAG censures standards bureau for delays

Test check revealed delays ranging from one month to 18 years in making 137 standards of the sample 214

NHPC cornered over Subansiri

Reports pick apart NHPC’s hydel project in Assam, call for design overhaul

Environment ministry failed to monitor forest diversion: CAG

Report of India’s chief auditor says compensatory afforestation not undertaken in many states; CAMPA funds misused or poorly utilised

Farm loan waiver given to ineligible people: CAG

Serious lapses and errors in over 20 per cent cases test-checked; many deserving farmers left out

Maharashtra's white paper on irrigation projects fails to answer key questions

Activists, citizens groups enraged by silence on hyped water availability estimates, bad construction and corruption

Supreme Court terms coal block allocations 'illegal'

Bench headed by chief justice says Centre made the allocations in an arbitrary and unfair manner

Karnataka lost Rs 3,000 crore due to illegal mining: CAG

Performance audit report unveils mining irregularities in the state

Kochi Corporation issued building permits in violation of coastal regulations: CAG report

Multi-storey buildings up to 21 floors were allowed along Chilavanoor backwaters without even bothering to obtain clearances from coastal …