New Delhi: A day before CAG Vinod Rai demits office, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Monday accused him of "fiction writing" on some figures of alleged corruption, saying that the country's top auditor had done the greatest disservice to the nation by tossing "mystical numbers".
Tewari, who delivered a keynote address after launch of an opinion poll conducted with samples across India at Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in Delhi, made clear his party's unhappiness about some figures in CAG reports.
The minister, who in the past has slammed CAG over his the figure of presumptive loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore in 2G spectrum allocation, accused him of "fiction writing".
"When institutions start indulging in fiction writing, that is the greatest disservice that can possibly be done to the nation," Tewari said....
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05:38 AM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Taking on CAG Vinod Rai over the 2G spectrum loss figure of Rs 1.76 lakh crore, Union Minister Manish Tewari on Monday said the chief auditor had done a "disservice" to the India story by bringing out "hugely exaggerated and mythical numbers" in public discourse. Tewari also invited Rai to a public debate over the loss estimate in the allocation of 2G spectrum. "We've seen this great debate...
07:52 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: The government will "soon" decide on the new CAG and would take a call whether to make it a three-member body at an "appropriate time", Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy has said. "It (name of CAG) will happen soon. The Finance Minister will recommend a candidate to the Prime Minister, who will approve it and send it to the President for announcing," he told...
08:43 PM, Apr 11, 2013
The CAG report which was tabled in Parliament earlier on Tuesday criticised the scheme's implementation, citing lapses in 22 per cent of the cases. ...
10:48 PM, Mar 05, 2013
The CAG report which was tabled in Parliament earlier on Tuesday criticised the scheme's implementation, citing lapses in 22 per cent of the cases. ...
10:40 PM, Mar 05, 2013
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10:59 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai on Friday took a potshot at the government, saying the governance in these days has become too important to be left to the government, even as he virtually called ministers, MPs and MLAs typical bullies. ...
09:57 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Friday hit back at Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai after he blamed the government of crony capitalism during a speech at Harvard. Reacting to Rai's speech, Digvijaya said, "If not an accountant, what does he want to be? The Prime Minister? The Constitution has defined the role of the CAG. How will a democracy function if judiciary does the job of the...
02:51 PM, Feb 08, 2013
In a hard-hitting speech, the Comptroller and Auditor General, Vinod Rai, has defended his role. Rai has said that the role of the public auditor cannot be confined only to placing reports in Parliament. During a speech at the Harvard Kennedy School of government, Rai spoke on the various scams in the government. ...
11:30 AM, Feb 08, 2013
New Delhi: A war of words is on between the Congress and the BJP over the CAG report on 2G spectrum loss. A day after lead auditor RP Singh questioned the Rs 1.76 lakh crore presumptive loss figure, accusing PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, of influencing the 2G report, the accusation was strongly refuted by Joshi. Principal Auditor RP Singh said, "The report isn't mine.. I just signed it." Then...
09:29 PM, Nov 23, 2012
The government says it is actively considering a proposal to make the official auditor a multi-member body. ...
03:44 PM, Nov 11, 2012
New Delhi: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai on Wednesday slammed the UPA for its decision-making process, calling it "brazen" and "appalling". Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Guragon on Wednesday, Rai said, "The brazenness with which decisions are being taken is absolutely appalling. Look at the CBI. The CBI is not independent of the Executive. That's why very often everybody writes that the CBI has ...
07:31 PM, Nov 08, 2012
The BJP has supported Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai's comment that the CBI and the Central Vigilance Commission should be given constitutional status. While the BJP has endorsed the statement, Congress's Digvijaya Singh took another dig at Rai. ...
01:15 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Gurgaon: CAG Vinod Rai, whose reports on irregularities in coal block allocations and 2G telecom spectrum had created a major political storm, on Wednesday deprecated the "brazenness" with which the decisions were being taken, calling it "appalling". "The brazenness (with which) decisions were being taken is actually appalling...", he said speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet in Gurgaon. The Comptroller and Auditor General, however, noted that with the...
08:45 PM, Nov 07, 2012
New Delhi: Hours after it was reported that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) pulled up the Oil Ministry over Reliance KG-D6 audit report, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh hit out at CAG Vinod Rai, asking him to first control his own office. The senior Congress leader tweeted on Saturday, saying, "The CAG has to stop the sermonising and instead look into his leaky office." On Friday, it...
09:54 AM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: Under attack from the government, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai on Monday said the institution was aware that State actions cannot be measured solely in terms of money. "We are conscious that many of the actions of Government cannot be measured solely in terms of money. Social objectives, in many cases cannot be quantified," Rai said in his welcome address to the Conference of Accountants General....
05:17 PM, Oct 08, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of its Working Committee meeting, Congress on Monday again targeted Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai alleging that some people have the "penchant of seeking to become a hero by adding zeros" in their report. "The penchant of seeking to become a hero by adding zeros (in their reports) does not mean a scam has taken place," party spokesman Manish Tewari told reporters here. His remarks came...
08:28 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Indore: Targeting Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged that he had violated the oath of secrecy. "After Rai assumed the office of CAG, its reports started leaking. Before him, CAG never made public the issues of confrontation with the government in this way," he alleged, saying that Rai had violated the oath of secrecy. The Congress general secretary had said on Friday...
06:21 PM, Sep 02, 2012
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday targeted CAG Vinod Rai suggesting he has a political agenda like one of his controversial predecessors TN Chaturvedi, who had given a report on Bofors issue and soon after joined the BJP. Hitting out at the national audit body for computing "imaginative losses" in coal blocks allocation and setting a precedent by going to press, he said, "I am reminded somewhat of...
05:20 PM, Aug 31, 2012
New Delhi: India's supreme legislative body Parliament was led to be adjourned yet again for the eighth consecutive day on Friday after the Opposition disrupted proceedings over the coal blocks allocations. Both Houses were adjourned till Monday after Opposition members created a furore over the CAG report on coal blocks allocations. Only the Rajya Sabha managed to approve the extension of the Lokpal Select Committee till the last day of...
02:00 PM, Aug 31, 2012
