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.
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Tag: PAC
Exim Bank PAC in Africa this year
Exim Bank will be setting up a project advisory company (PAC) in Africa this year. The PAC will essentially look to bring infrastructure projects in Africa to a bankable stage and facilitate exports from India to Africa. This is the first time Exim Bank is looking to set up a PAC and also the first time in Africa. Opportunities for infrastructure development in Africa are huge, with a World Bank study projecting the annual investment requirement in infrastructure at $90 billion.
Panel issues directives to AP govt
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Andhra Pradesh government asked the state government to conduct a socio-economic survey in the areas where ports are proposed to be set up. Specifically, the committee wants the government to study the kind of dislocation that might cause to the local people because of port projects and if rehabilitation was