According to government watchdog Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), infrastructure created at a cost of Rs 284 crore for three of the National Waterways has remained underutilised.
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Risk allocation wholly skewed against private sector
Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Infra feels that the country has failed miserably on regulation, renegotiation, risk allocation and resourcing. He says that a comprehensive policy framework, including independent regulation, is required to make the PPP concept a success.
PAC wants PPP projects under CAG
The Public Accounts Committee strongly favours empowering the Comptroller and Auditor General to examine investment, expenditure and profit aspects in public-private-partnership (PPP) projects.
PGCIL still has some distance to go
It may have done well but its efforts to upgrade the country's transmission sector haven't been enough, yet.
PPP projects 33percentage of total capacity of major ports-CAG
PPP projects have contributed only 33 per cent to toital capacity of major ports up to March 2014, thereby defeating the purpose of the PPP model, CAG has said.
Coal auction proceeds to cross Rs.2 lakh crore
Proceeds from the ongoing coal block auctions are likely to cross Rs 2 lakh crore, surpassing CAG´s estimate of Rs 1.86 lakh crore loss on account of the allocation of blocks without auction during the UPA regime.
Revamping Public Sector Units
Public Sector Units (PSUs) in India have been amassing losses, both at the Central and State levelù79 State-run companies had an accumulated loss of Rs 55,656 crore in 2012-13; while at the same time, investment in these companies is approximately Rs. 1.57 lakh crore.
Exploring New Directions
With a view to analysing the Kelkar Committee Report on domestic fuel production, we critically consider certain recommendations in Part I of the Committee´s Report.
Port authorities flout norms:CAG
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) alleged that the union shipping ministry and some port authorities floated norms and this cost an estimated loss of Rs 1.5 lakh crore. In its report, the CAG found that some port authorities allowed unauthorised agents to carry out onshore operation without sharing royalty with the ports
CAG finds fault with ONGC’s hiring of rig
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) found fault with ONGC for hiring a rig from Reliance Industries (RIL) in 2009 for six months at a cost of Rs 146.7 crore without bidding. While ONGC hired it in 2009 on grounds that it needed the equipment to drill three wells urgently, the CAG report suggests the rig was not necessary going by the




