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No use tabling CAG reports in assembly now: Assembly secretariat to Delhi HC
No use tabling CAG reports in assembly now: Assembly secretariat to Delhi HC
Published on Jan 09, 2025 09:06 PM IST
PTI |
Jana Sena MLA likely to be Andhra’s PAC chief
Jana Sena lawmaker Pulaparthi Ramanjaneyulu is set to be elected chairman of Andhra Pradesh's public accounts committee amid opposition from YSRCP.
Updated on Nov 22, 2024 08:38 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
'Who is behind the plan?': Rahul Gandhi's jab after SEBI chief skips PAC meeting
After Buch skipped the meeting, the panel's head KC Venugopal postponed the sitting.
Updated on Oct 24, 2024 10:53 PM IST
Nishikant Dubey writes to LS Speaker to restrain PAC chief Venugopal
Nishikant Dubey has argued that the Comptroller & Auditor General of India has not published any report on the conduct of the Sebi chief.
Updated on Oct 06, 2024 04:48 AM IST
PAC summons Madhabi Puri Buch and DEA, TRAI, revenue dept officials: Report
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch on October 24 amid the controversy caused by the Hindenburg allegations
Updated on Oct 05, 2024 11:25 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Abhyjith K. Ashokan
Senior BRS leaders under house arrest
Several lawmakers and senior party leaders of BRS, including former minister T Harish Rao, were kept under house arrest by the Telangana police
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 08:52 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
PAC chairman’s appointment in Telangana triggers political row
The appointment of a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) legislator as the chairman of the public accounts committee (PAC) of the state legislative assembly triggered a political row on Thursday.
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 06:58 AM IST
Srinivasa Rao Apparasu, Hyderabad
Allegations against Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch to be investigated: Report
The PAC will investigate allegations against Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch, with a possible summons later this month, it was reported.
Updated on Sep 06, 2024 10:56 AM IST
State public accounts committee clears Noida’s Sports City project
The three objections that CAG raised on Noida's Sports City project were related to irregularities in the allotment procedure, allotment rate and sale of plots
Updated on Sep 04, 2024 05:58 AM IST
Vinod Rajput, Noida
State-level committee may probe Noida Sports City issue
The Noida authority in 2011-14 allotted land to developers, including Lotus Greens, Logix Group and ATS Infrastructure, under the Sports City scheme to develop world-class sports facilities
Updated on Oct 23, 2023 05:22 AM IST
Public Accounts Committee to review Centre’s welfare schemes
The PAC, which is Parliament’s audit watchdog, will review the banking and insurance sector and the energy reforms
Updated on Sep 05, 2023 11:52 PM IST
Distantly Close | The monsoon session's no-trust motion debate failed to enrich
Parliament’s memory is replete with acidic darts, persuasive counsel and unbridled critique of the government. Expunctions once served the purpose of a shield
Published on Aug 14, 2023 05:15 PM IST
Vinod Sharma
‘Protect democracy’: Kharge urges Jagdeep Dhankhar over Adhir Ranjan suspension
“Adhir Ranjan only said Nirav Modi. Nirav means ’shaant’ (quiet), silent,” Mallikarjun Kharge told Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Updated on Aug 11, 2023 11:42 AM IST
Assembly panel directs officials to submit reports on all Yamunanagar mining sites in 10 days
The panel, headed by Congress legislator Varun Chaudhary, has also asked the district officials to submit a report on their field visit within 10 days to the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat.
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 11:51 AM IST
Bhavey Nagpal, Ambala
Parliament panel to visit Ladakh on October 28-29 amid India-China standoff
The visit was finalised after Chowdhury wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla last month suggesting that the PAC visit the Ladakh sector to interact with soldiers deployed there and understand their working conditions and requirements
Updated on Oct 13, 2020 04:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh
Congress names party whip, House panel representatives
The party also named its West Bengal MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.
Published on Jul 10, 2019 11:40 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
CAG finds irregularities worth Rs 489 crore in Madhya Pradesh
The CAG reports are examined by the Public Accounts Committee of the assembly, which is normally headed by an opposition legislator. If that happens, PAC will be headed by a lawmaker of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which was in power during the period of CAG’s examination of the state finances.
Updated on Jan 11, 2019 07:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Ranjan
Rafale verdict: Government asks SC to correct error, says court misinterpreted wording
The error relates to a reference made about the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report and Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the Rafale fighter jet deal..
Updated on Dec 16, 2018 09:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
On Rafale CAG report, Kharge says govt lied in court, Pawar backs him up
The senior Congress leader accused the government of “misleading” the Supreme Court by presenting wrong facts about the CAG report on the Rafale deal and demanded that the government should apologise for it.
Updated on Dec 15, 2018 12:33 PM IST
New Delhi | Agencies
Need for radical thinking while auditing government companies: Arun Jaitley
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said some radical thinking is needed on the part of the Comptroller and Auditor General while auditing government companies as they are now expected to take quick decisions to compete with private sector firms.
Updated on Oct 12, 2018 12:07 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Shoddy’ management of defence land, says Parliament’s audit watchdog
In its draft report, a copy of which has been reviewed by HT, the PAC asked the ministry to finalise a leasing policy within three months of the report being tabled in Parliament.
Updated on Jul 12, 2018 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji and Rahul Singh
NBCC blamed for ‘serious irregularities’ in tree plantation at 3 Delhi colonies
A nine-member panel of Delhi assembly’s Public Accounts Committee found that NBCC had majorly defaulted in compensatory plantation at the sites.
Updated on Jun 30, 2018 11:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sweta Goswami