Audit Reports

Background The Ratna and R Series (R&RS) medium sized hydrocarbon fields are located in the Western Offshore area (at an average water depth of 45 metres) 130 kilometres southwest of Mumbai city. These fields were discovered and partially...

Introduction The persistence and perpetuation of socio-economic backwardness in spite of the development efforts had warranted a special and focused strategy and a need for a separate policy instrument for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) to enable them...

Why did we select this subject for Audit? The Government of India (GoI) spends huge amount of money for supply of rice under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). The milling charges were fixed by the GoI long back in 2005, on the basis of...

Introduction India’s efforts to transform itself into a developed nation cannot succeed without having adequate and affordable sanitation facilities for all on a sustainable basis. The direct link between sanitation facilities and health status of ...

Employees State Insurance Scheme is a multidimensional Social Security Scheme mandated to provide both cash compensation and medical benefits against a single contribution in certain contingencies. The scheme is operated by Employees’ State...

Introduction This report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) relates to matters arising from compliance audit of the transactions of nine Scientific and Environmental Ministries/Departments of the Government of India. The...

The Audit Report for the year ending March 2014 is divided into two volumes viz., Volume I and Volume II. Volume I of the Report comprise five chapters containing audit findings related to three departments viz., Traffic – Commercial and...

This Audit Report contains the audit findings of significant nature detected during audit in Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) of the Union Government and its field offices for the year ended 31 March 2014. The Audit Report is divided into two...

The total expenditure of the Defence Services during the year 2013-14 was Rs. 2,09,789 crore. Of this, the Navy spent Rs.33,831 crore, which constituted approximately 16.13 per cent of the total Defence Expenditure. The major portion of the...

There are seven Union Territories (UTs) specified under Part II of the First Schedule to the Constitution of India, viz., Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep, National Capital Territory...