Cag Report On Coal

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  Don't Look to Make Headlines, Says Finance Minister to State Auditor

  On Wednesday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cautioned the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or CAG not to sensationalise its findings.

• Don't Look to Make Headlines, Says Finance Minister to State Auditor

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday asked the CAG not to sensationalise its findings to get into headlines, a view the Congress party had voiced in the past after huge notional losses were projected in reports on 2G and coal allocation scams.

• No Comment, Says Manmohan Singh on Former CAG Vinod Rai's Criticism

  Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is sticking to his famous silence regarding former national auditor Vinod Rai's remarks on him over 2G scam and Coalgate. Asked about Mr Rai's criticism, Dr Singh today said, "I don't want to comment on what other people say".

• Congress Slams Vinod Rai, Calls His Remarks 'Latest Bout of Sensationalism'

  The Congress has hit out at former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai for his comments in a national daily that quotes him as saying that he was "pressured" by the UPA to drop certain names from his reports on the coal block allocation and the Commonwealth Games scam.

• The government's auditor (CAG) does not leak reports: Vinod Rai

  The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Vinod Rai, who retires tomorrow, dismissed charges that he was behind the leak of controversial audit reports on 2G spectrum and coal block allocations.

• Placing reports in Parliament can't be CAG's only role: Vinod Rai

  Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai, whose reports on losses from 2G spectrum and coal block allocations sparked allegations of massive corruption in the government, has said that the role of a public auditor cannot be confined to merely placing reports in Parliament.

• Police register case of forgery against Zee in Naveen Jindal extortion case

  Delhi Police has registered a case against Zee News for allegedly showing forged annexure of a CAG report on coal block allocation, a charge dismissed by the channel as a "figment of imagination, mala fide and oppressive".

• Government wants to make national auditor CAG its private agent, says Arvind Kejriwal

  The opposition and anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal has accused the government of conspiring to undermine the office of the national auditor or CAG, whose reports on telecom and coal have led to embarrassing controversies and allegations of graft for the government.

• Examining the CAG report is not our domain, says Supreme Court

  Reiterating its position, the Supreme Court on Friday said that it cannot examine a challenge to the Comptroller and Auditor's (CAG) report.

• Coal-block allocation: CBI files FIRs against 2 companies; crackdown in several cities

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed First Information Reports or FIRs against two private firms, who were allocated coal blocks between 2004 and 2009 by the government. Searches are also being conducted in 16 locations in Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Vishakhapatnam, Satna, Jaipur, Rourkela and New Delhi.

• CAG is not a munim (accountant), says Supreme Court

  The comment was made as the judges rejected a Public Interest Litigation or PIL challenging the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on coal, which said that by allocating coal fields without transparency the government has allowed private firms to benefit by upto 1.86 lakh crores.

• Coal Min to PAC: CAG's claim on benefit to private players flawed

  The Coal Ministry has contested before the PAC the CAG calculation that coal block allocation led to financial gains to the tune of Rs 185,591 crore to private players, saying that it is flawed on "basic fundamentals" related to the geological sector.

• CAG's report on coal allocation issue undisputable: Rai

  Notwithstanding criticism of CAG's report on the coal allocation issue, Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai has said that the findings are "rational and undisputable" and will stand any minute scrutiny.

• Coal Ministry likely to counter CAG report tomorrow in writing

  The ministry will submit a written reply countering the calculations of CAG on the losses made by the government due to coal mine allocations.

• Coal Ministry likely to counter CAG report tomorrow in writing

  Refuting allegations of a coal scam enabled by a weak government policy, the Coal Ministry is expected to submit its defence to a parliamentary committee on Friday.