Kerala floods: How to hit self goals on disaster preparedness

Performance audits carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India during 2012 and 2017 had raised several red alerts regarding floods.…

Expediting of five major dam projects saw cost escalation of 2,341 per cent: CAG

The five are among a total 16 projects approved by the Indian Government as part of ‘a Scheme of National Projects’ for water …

KSPCB has existed for 4 decades, but kept no record of pollution sources: CAG

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

People of Maharashtra exposed to sub-standard drugs: CAG report

About 1,006 cases of sub-standard drugs were reported between 2012 and 2017, but FDA failed to recall most of these drugs

Are crop insurance schemes working? CAG report reveals

Multiple gaps in implementation of crop insurance schemes may have compromised their purpose of benefitting farmers

CAG picks holes in coal auctions

The report highlights that there are inaccuracies and inconsistencies in valuation of auctioned mines

Parliamentary panel gives more teeth to Compensatory Afforestation Fund

However the panel’s report tabled in this budget session misses the forests for the trees

MNRE has no mechanism to claim CDM benefits, observes CAG

CDM first defined in the Kyoto Protocol with the objective of achieving sustainable development by preventing climate change

Municipalities get thumbs down on solid waste management

Study by a non-profit says guidelines on including informal sector in waste management are being ignored

Gujarat hospitals are not disposing of biomedical waste safely: CAG

Only 27 per cent of test-checked government hospitals, health centres are segregating waste; many flout rules by burning the hazardous waste

MGNREGA inefficiently managed, finds CAG

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

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

SC questions coal ministry’s power to allocate coal blocks

CBI opposes probe by a special investigation team

CAG had warned state about lack of disaster preparedness

Uttarakhand has not even compiled baseline data of frequency and intensity of natural disasters in the past

TB and respiratory disorders have increased in Bellary: CAG report

Country's chief auditor calls for a comprehensive study on impact of mining on people, livelihood before grant of leases

Sompeta power project: CAG indicts Andhra government for allotting wetland to developer

State government violated Supreme Court directions and own orders

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  

CAG finds lapses in dental education

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

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 tears apart Antrix-Devas deal

Former ISRO chairperson Madhavan Nair took advantage of the many positions of power he held to push deal through, says Comptroller and Auditor …

Private firms made windfall gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore from coal blocks: CAG

Report names Essar, Tata and Jindal Steel and Power among beneficiaries

CAG exposes land scam in Andhra

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

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

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

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