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CAG alarm on Congress’s Karnataka guarantees sparks debate. Economists point to long-term impact

Siddaramaiah govt borrowed Rs 63,000 cr to cover cost of its guarantee schemes and the deficits arising from them, CAG said about its findings on the fiscal year 2023-24.

You won’t dig this—ASI’s budget doubled in last 10 yrs, but it spent less than 1% on excavations

New Delhi: Conservation, exploration and excavation come to mind whenever the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is talked about. Turns out excavation is the...

Delhi’s air was toxic for 56% of the days in last 5 years, AQI no reliable measure—CAG report

Report tabled Tuesday points at glaring gaps in pollution monitoring & data collection by agencies, says govt doesn't even record critical pollutants like lead.

DTC inducted just 2 buses in decade between FY12 & FY22, despite availability of funds—shows CAG report

CAG’s performance audit on ‘Functioning of Delhi Transport Corporation’ also reveals a decline in the bus fleet from 4,344 in 2015-16 to 3,937 in 2022-23.

How CAG is appointed & why a petition in SC has called the process unconstitutional

SC has sought Centre’s response to the plea, which alleges political & executive interference in CAG’s appointment & ops in violation of Article 14.

Why Haryana’s Dadupur-Nalvi canal project is in focus after HC struck down provision to denotify land

Court invalidates amendment brought by Khattar government in 2017 that empowered govt to de-notify acquired lands if projects become unviable.

Over 30 yrs after 74th Amendment, CAG flags ‘weak compliance’ with law empowering urban local bodies

CAG found while 17 of 18 functions were devolved to urban local bodies by 74th Amendment, just 4 were ‘effectively devolved with complete autonomy’.

Only 41% projects under housing ministry’s now-lapsed satellite town scheme complete, CAG tells Centre

Work under Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Satellite Towns was marred by poor monitoring, lack of impact assessment, delays, finds audit. CAG has shared report with Centre.

Govt buried key information in footnotes, understated external debt by Rs 2 lakh crore, says CAG 

Audit body found several other irregularities in govt’s accounts for FY22, including cess collections lying unused or misused, and expenditure being placed under opaque headings.

As Modi govt, Opposition exchange barbs on CAG reports, a look at the auditor’s role & how it functions

New Delhi: The Parliament received 12 reports, including a bunch of performance audits, from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) during the...

On Camera

SRK is more Johnny Depp than Depp

SRK's impromptu party looked refreshingly ‘normal’ and as cool as the Birthday Boy himself. King of Kool could be another tag for the man who once declared himself 'the last of the stars'.

Nvidia worth $5 trillion: What does it mean for the market?

The chipmaker at the heart of the AI revolution may be the most influential stock in Wall Street history. Nvidia has been the primary driver of the market’s gains since the start of 2023.

Launch of India’s heaviest comms satellite is a level up for its soaring military ambitions. Here’s how

ISRO’s LMV3 rocket set off the CMS-03 satellite from Sriharikota Sunday. It weighs 4,410 kg, will primarily serve Indian Navy and has a life of at least 15 years.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.