The Supreme Court while resuming its hearing in a SLP raising allegations regarding awarding of government tenders by the state government of Arunachal Pradesh, a decade ago, directed the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to inform the Bench on the following points: “Whether very close relative to the Executive Head of the State can be awarded Government contracts; In …
Sources close to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's office have claimed that the Delhi government tabled audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the state's finances in the Assembly on July 5 after multiple reminders. According to sources, the CAG office did not receive any response from the finance department,headed by Manish Sisodia, about the delay in …
Recently, the government diluted the “offset” policy in defence procurement, reportedly in response to a Comptroller and Auditor General of India’s report tabled in Parliament last month. The dilution means practically giving up the offset clause, sounding the death knell of India’s prospects for boosting defence production and technological self-reliance. Aiding self-reliance Reportedly because of the CAG’s critical remarks in …
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 …