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Water Supply

Poor progress of piped water scheme: CAG

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik last week announced that he would ensure piped water supply (PWS) reached all villages in a year.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2016
Ashok Pradhan
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Drinking Water, Water Supply, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Rural Water Supply
Poverty

Report on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Audit of Scheme Rules, 2011 (Social Audit Rules)

This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India containing the results of audit on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Audit of Scheme Rules, 2011 (Social Audit Rules) has been prepared for submission to the President of India under Article 151 of Constitution.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2016
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Gram Sabhas, Gram Panchayat
Food Policy

Audit on the Preparedness for Implementation of National Food Security Act, 2013 for the year ended March, 2015

Attaining food security is a matter of prime importance for India where more than a third of the population is estimated to be poor. Government of India has been distributing foodgrains through the Public Distribution System, in one name or the other, for the last seven decades.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2016
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Food Security, Public Distribution System (PDS), India, Food Prices, Poverty, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)
Energy

Less than one per cent solar power tapped in Himachal: CAG

Himachal Pradesh has not been able to tap even one per cent of its solar power potential, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India has said.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Energy, Solar Energy, Himachal Pradesh, Renewable Energy, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), LEDs, Electricity
Water Pollution

CAG points out loopholes in testing of potable water

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report placed before the state Assembly in its budget session has exposed serious short comings in the system of ensuring quality of potable water by the P

Publication Date: 
08/04/2016
Sushil Manav
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Haryana, Drinking Water, Water Pollution, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Water Quality, WHO
Environment

CAG frowns at CECB over non-compliance of environment laws

The report said that a total of 174 industries had not renewed their environment consent even after a lapse of one to 174 months

Publication Date: 
04/04/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Legislation, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Chhattisgarh, Environment Act 1986, Water Act 1974, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environmental Security
Environment

'841.82 crore water cess collected, but not a penny has been spent'

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report, noticed anomalies in implementation and follow-up action regarding certain cess imposed by the state government for various object

Publication Date: 
29/03/2016
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Environment, Health, Budget, Water Harvesting
Energy

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Capacity Utilisation, Electricity Generation, Sale and Collection of Revenue including Disaster Management by Hydro Power CPSEs (NHPC Limited, SJVN Limited, THDC India Limited and NHDC Limited)

Hydro power is a renewable and environment friendly source of energy. As hydro power stations have the inherent ability for instantaneous operations, they are more responsive than most other energy sources, for meeting peak demand and improving reliability of the power system.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2015
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Hydroelectricity, Power Industry, Electricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Disaster Management, Floods, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Health

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Performance Audit of Mid Day Meal Scheme

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in this report highlighted gross irregularities in implementation of the midday meal (MDM) scheme.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2015
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Tags:
Mid-Day Meal Programme, Children, Child Health, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), India, Public Distribution System (PDS), Finance, Nutrition, Jharkhand, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
Health

CSIR’s move to develop Indian Tamiflu ‘wrong’

Hyderabad: The CAG has exposed the Council of Scientific Industrial Research’s hasty decision on a project for development of the Indian version of Tamiflu drug for bird flu that was to be develope

Publication Date: 
10/12/2015
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Drugs, Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR), Influenza, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Drug Industry, Health

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