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Telangana reported huge jump in tax revenue, state tells CAG
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana reported huge jump in tax revenue, state tells CAG

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government reported a significant increase in its tax revenue for the first quarter of the fiscal year 2024-25, with collections rising by over Rs 3,600 crore compared to the same period last year. The state's tax revenue reached Rs 34,609 crore in the April-June quarter, according to the income and expenditure report submitted to the Comptroller …

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Are States getting funds they are entitled from the Centre?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Are States getting funds they are entitled from the Centre?

The Hindu  

The recent agitations by the governments of Kerala and Karnataka, and the support extended by several State governments, have highlighted many disquieting issues in the practice of fiscal federalism in India. The shrinking divisible pool The net divisible pool, or net proceeds, is that part of the gross tax revenue from which a share would have to be vertically devolved …

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Telangana State Revenue Hits Rs 1 Lakh Crore; CAG Flags Tax Discrepancies
10 months, 1 week ago

Telangana State Revenue Hits Rs 1 Lakh Crore; CAG Flags Tax Discrepancies

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state’s total revenue for 2020-21 amounted to Rs 1,00,914 crore, including Rs 66,650 crore in taxes. The CAG report said a detailed scrutiny of 1,456 registered documents of stamp duty and registration fee revealed under assessment valuing of Rs 3.44 crore in 347 documents. As regards motor vehicle taxes, non-raising of demand led to non-realisation of quarterly tax …

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FCRA License Suspension: Delhi High Court Allows Centre For Policy Research To Use 25% Of ‘Unutilized Funds’
1 year, 2 months ago

FCRA License Suspension: Delhi High Court Allows Centre For Policy Research To Use 25% Of ‘Unutilized Funds’

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed a plea moved by India’s leading think-tank Centre for Policy Research seeking permission to utilise 25% of “unutilized funds” in the fixed deposits towards the payment of salaries of its employees. Justice Subramonium Prasad allowed the application moved by CPR in the petition against the suspension of its licence under Foreign Contribution Regulation …

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Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Moved By Centre For Policy Research Against Suspension Of FCRA License By Union Govt
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Moved By Centre For Policy Research Against Suspension Of FCRA License By Union Govt

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea moved by India’s leading think-tank Centre for Policy Research against the suspension of its licence under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act by the Union Government on February 27. Justice Subramonium Prasad also asked the Union Government to decide the application seeking release of 25% of funds, which was moved by. …

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Is There Any CAG Report On Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre
1 year, 4 months ago

Is There Any CAG Report On Implementation Of Manual Scavengers Act? Supreme Court Asks Centre

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Justices S. Ravindra Bhat and Aravind Kumar, resumed its hearing of a Public Interest Litigation on the implementation of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013. At the outset, Centre, represented by Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, placed before the Bench several relevant documents, including the surveys …

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Swachh Bharat Mission: CAG points out irregularities in scheme in J&K
1 year, 8 months ago

Swachh Bharat Mission: CAG points out irregularities in scheme in J&K

Hindustan Times  

CAG report has pointed out massive irregularities in the urban housing department, municipal corporations of Srinagar and Jammu and the municipal councils and committees in the Swachh Bharat Mission scheme launched by the Centre in 2014. The CAG report said that non-conducting of survey for identification of beneficiaries had resulted in wasteful expenditure of ₹ 1.09 crore. The flagship scheme …

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Kerala Finance Minister hints at new law to expedite revenue arrear collection
1 year, 10 months ago

Kerala Finance Minister hints at new law to expedite revenue arrear collection

The Hindu  

Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal said the government weighed amendments to the existing laws relating to the levy of tax on sales and trade to expedite revenue arrear collection. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Communist Party of India State secretariat meeting at the AKG Centre here, Mr. Balagopal said the government also planned more amnesty schemes for …

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Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ appointed Prime Minister of Nepal
1 year, 11 months ago

Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ appointed Prime Minister of Nepal

The Hindu  

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ as the new Prime Minister of Nepal. The amount of wages paid to the outsourced staff was 45.59-64.27% less than the rate approved by the NRC coordination committee, the CAG report said, adding that the difference of wages allowed undue benefit of ₹155.83 crore to the system …

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Explained | Have coastal ecosystem norms been violated?
2 years, 4 months ago

Explained | Have coastal ecosystem norms been violated?

The Hindu  

The story so far: This week, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India tabled a report in Parliament on whether steps taken by the Union Environment Ministry to conserve India’s coastal ecosystems have been successful. The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2019, implemented by the Ministry, classifies the coastal area into different zones to manage infrastructure activities and regulate them. The …

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No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 4 months ago

No breach in Aadhaar data vault till now, must be cautious: Centre in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

There has been no breach of Unique Identification Authority of India’s Aadhaar data vault, Union minister of electronics and information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw said in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was responding to questions raised by CPI MP Binoy Viswam on whether the Centre has considered the recent CAG report that questioned the encryption method and procedure …

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CAG pulls up UIDAI over privacy gaps, duplication of cards: What are the complaints against Aadhaar?
2 years, 8 months ago

CAG pulls up UIDAI over privacy gaps, duplication of cards: What are the complaints against Aadhaar?

Firstpost  

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has criticised the Unique Identification Authority of India for discrepancies in data management of Aadhaar The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has criticised the Unique Identification Authority of India for discrepancies in data management of Aadhaar. In its audit report on the functioning of the UIDAI, the CAG has criticised the authority …

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End CBI’s ‘Caged Parrot’ Reputation, Empower It Like EC, CAG, Madras High Court Tells Centre
3 years, 4 months ago

End CBI’s ‘Caged Parrot’ Reputation, Empower It Like EC, CAG, Madras High Court Tells Centre

News 18  

The Union government should consider enacting legislation to make the CBI an autonomous body to put an end to its “caged parrot” reputation, said the Madurai bench of Madras High Court on Tuesday. The judges also said that the CBI should function like the Election Commission of India and the Comptroller and Auditor General, and that separate budgetary allocations should …

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AP Govt's Borrowings for First Half of 2020-21 Fiscal Far Exceeded Revenues, Says CAG Report
4 years, 1 month ago

AP Govt's Borrowings for First Half of 2020-21 Fiscal Far Exceeded Revenues, Says CAG Report

News 18  

The Andhra Pradesh government’s borrowings for the first half of the 2020-21 fiscal far exceeded revenues and the revenue deficit touched a staggering Rs 45,472.77 crore, according to the state finance accounts released by the Comptroller and Auditor General. AP’s tax revenue during the April-September period was just Rs 29,936.39 crore, compared to Rs 41,904.25 crore during the corresponding period …

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Centre ’betrayed’ states by transferring compensation cess to CFI: Siddaramaiah
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre ’betrayed’ states by transferring compensation cess to CFI: Siddaramaiah

Live Mint  

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that the illegal transfer of ₹47,272 crore of GSP compensation cess to Consolidated Fund of India was an attempt by the Centre to 'cover up' the shortfall in other collections. "The CAG report reveals that @BJP4India govt has transferred 47,272 Cr of the GST compensation cess collected to Consolidated Fund of India, instead …

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Centre 'betrayed' states by transferring compensation cess to CFI, alleges Siddaramaiah
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre 'betrayed' states by transferring compensation cess to CFI, alleges Siddaramaiah

India TV News  

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that the illegal transfer of Rs 47,272 crore of GSP compensation cess to Consolidated Fund of India was an attempt by the Centre to 'cover up' the shortfall in other collections. "The CAG report reveals that @BJP4India govt has transferred 47,272 Cr of the GST compensation cess collected to Consolidated Fund of India, …

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Cess pool: The Hindu Editorial on CAG report of Centre's accounts
4 years, 2 months ago

Cess pool: The Hindu Editorial on CAG report of Centre's accounts

The Hindu  

The latest audit of the Union Government’s accounts tabled in Parliament this week reveals that the Finance Ministry quietly retained over 40% of all cess collections in 2018-19 in the Consolidated Fund of India. This not only helped understate India’s revenue and fiscal deficit numbers but also meant that the purposes for which Parliament approved such cesses — be it …

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Centre used GST compensation cess elsewhere, violated law: CAG
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre used GST compensation cess elsewhere, violated law: CAG

The Hindu  

The CAG has found that the Union government in the very first two years of the GST implementation wrongly retained ₹47,272 crore of GST compensation cess that was meant to be used specifically to compensate states for loss of revenue. “The GST Compensation Cess Act, 2017 provides for levy of cess for the purpose of providing compensation to the states …

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CAG Says Centre Broke Law by Using GST Cess Elsewhere Amid Row Over Unpaid Dues to States
4 years, 2 months ago

CAG Says Centre Broke Law by Using GST Cess Elsewhere Amid Row Over Unpaid Dues to States

News 18  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, quoting the view of the Attorney General of India, ruled out funding the GST revenue shortfall from the Consolidated Fund of India in the Lok Sabha last week. However, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has discovered that the Centre breached the law by retaining Rs 47,272 crore of GST compensation cess in the CFI …

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CAG says offset obligations under Rafale deal yet to be fulfilled; 'opening can of worms?' asks Congress' P Chidambaram
4 years, 2 months ago

CAG says offset obligations under Rafale deal yet to be fulfilled; 'opening can of worms?' asks Congress' P Chidambaram

Firstpost  

The Dassault Aviation is the manufacturer of the Rafale jets while MBDA supplied the missile systems for the aircraft French aerospace major Dassault Aviation and European missile maker Matra BAE Dynamics Alenia are yet to fulfill> their offset obligations of offering high technology to India under the Rafale aircraft deal, the Comptroller and Auditor General said in a report released …

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After Make in France, now DRDO is dumped: Congress attacks Centre over CAG report on Dassault
4 years, 3 months ago

After Make in France, now DRDO is dumped: Congress attacks Centre over CAG report on Dassault

India Today  

Congress has launched another attack on the Modi government over the CAG audit in which it has pulled up Dassault Aviation and MBDA for not fulfilling the technology transfer to DRDO. The new CAG report admits that ‘technology transfer’ shelved in Rafale offsets. The new CAG report admits that ‘technology transfer’ shelved in #Rafale offsets. Modi ji will say-!https://t.co/5vUkRsuIa7 — …

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Centre retained ₹1.1 lakh crore of cess receipts, observes CAG
4 years, 3 months ago

Centre retained ₹1.1 lakh crore of cess receipts, observes CAG

The Hindu  

The Centre retained in the Consolidated Fund of India more than ₹1.1 lakh crore out of the almost ₹2.75 lakh crore collected in 2018-19 through various cesses, instead of transferring the receipts to the specified Reserve Funds that Parliament had approved for such levies, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India observed in a report. Moreover, ₹1,24,399 crore collected as …

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Parliament Monsoon Session: Centre, Oppn trade fire on PM CARES Fund; RS passes bill to punish attacks on health workers
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament Monsoon Session: Centre, Oppn trade fire on PM CARES Fund; RS passes bill to punish attacks on health workers

Firstpost  

In the Lok Sabha, Opposition MPs of the Congress, DMK, TMC, and others opposed the PM CARES Fund, alleging that it lacked transparency On the sixth day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on Saturday, the Lok Sabha passed the Taxation Amendment Bill after a detailed debate in which allegations of corruption flew across Opposition and Treasury benches. The Bill …

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Government Accountability & Transparency: SC Cares?
4 years, 3 months ago

Government Accountability & Transparency: SC Cares?

Live Law  

The recent Supreme Court's judgment in Centre for PIL vs Union of India on the legality of the PM Cares fund is legally flawed and disheartening. CPIL argued that Government could not legally create a separate PM Cares Fund for Covid-19 disaster relief in derogation of the NDRF, and therefore, its receipts must be transferred to the NDRF. The Court's …

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