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  NDA Members Refuse Covid Discussion, House Panel Chairman Offers To Quit

  PAC Chairman Adhir Ranjan Choudhary of the Congress today offered to quit his position if the panel exceeds its brief. This followed the NDA members' flat refusal to discuss the matter of the the Covid pandemic in the country.

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  Public Accounts Committee To Examine Lockdown's Economic Impact

  Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will examine all aspects of the Centre's actions in tackling the COVID-19 crisis and may call the RBI governor to evaluate the economic cost and unemployment resulted due to the nationwide lockdown, panel chairman Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said on Tuesday.

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  Parliamentary Committee May Not Summon Attorney General Over Rafale Deal

  Rafale Deal: The Public Accounts Committee or PAC might not summon attorney general and the CAG over the public auditor's report on Rafale deal, as a majority of the members, including those from opposition parties, are not in favour of the proposal by panel chairman Mallikarjun Kharge.

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  Mallikarjun Kharge For Audit Of GST, Note Ban And Defence Purchases

  The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) should not shy away from holding the government accountable for decisions like demonetisation, GST that has caused serious economic distress, and defence purchases, PAC Chairman and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said today.

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  PM Narendra Modi Won't Be Called, Says Parliament Panel Overruling Congress Chief

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot be asked to explain his decision to ban high-denomination notes to the parliamentarians on a committee examining the sudden demonetisation drive, its members decided today, over-ruling what the chairman of the panel said just days ago.

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  Manas Bhuniya Seeks Appointment With Sonia Gandhi Over Show Cause Notice

  Senior Congress leader Manas Bhuniya, who was issued a show cause notice by his party for not quitting as PAC chairman, today said he will be meeting AICC president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi to explain to them his position on the issue.

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  Public Accounts Committee To Examine Chopper Deal: Chairman KV Thomas

  Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is ready to examine the CAG report on the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, its chairman KV Thomas said today.

• Maoists kill two, injure one in Bihar

  Armed Maoist cadre, dressed in police uniform, attacked the house of Chairman of Primary Agriculture Credit Society (PACS), killing two persons and injuring another in a village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said today.

• 2G row: I called the CAG, not CAG officials, says Murli Manohar Joshi

  Senior BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Murli Manohar Joshi has refuted allegations made by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) official RP Singh, saying that he has the authority to call any official to get information. Mr Singh had accused the PAC Chairman of unethical behaviour by getting in touch with the CAG whi...

• Public Accounts Committee Chairman asks members to apologise for remarks against CAG Vinod Rai

  Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Murli Manohar Joshi, probing the 2G scam, has written a letter to the committee members asking them to apologise to Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Vinod Rai for their remarks against him.

• PAC report: UPA members demand MM Joshi's removal

  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi's attempt to make a fresh attempt to make the panel take up his controversial report on the 2G scam could bring more trouble for the government. The reworked report questions the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

• 2G scam: PAC Chairman MM Joshi circulates new report

  Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi today made a fresh attempt to make the panel take up his controversial report on the 2G scam that had questioned the role of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram.Mr Joshi circulated the report to the PAC members with a forwarding letter that he was sendi...

• Joshi named Public Accounts Committee chairman for another term

  After much drama, it is clear that Murli Manohar Joshi will, as expected, be the Public Accounts Committee chairman for another term.  The senior BJP leader was re-appointed after his party, which is the single-largest Opposition party in Parliament, nominated him to the post. The Lok Sabha Speaker followed the convention of allowing the Leade...

• 2G scam: Radia evasive, Tata candid says PAC chairman MM Joshi

  Industrialist Ratan Tata and corporate lobbyist Niira Radia were both questioned on Monday by a parliamentary committee that's investigating the massive 2G spectrum scam.  Mr Tata was candid, while Ms Radia was evasive, said the chairman of the committee, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi.Ms Radia runs a PR agency; Mr Tata is one of her biggest c...

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  Pak Parliament's PAC chief praises BCCI for management skills

  The BCCI on Sunday came in for praise for its management skills from the chairman of the top financial watchdog of Pakistan's National Assembly.