Audit Reports

Energy has been universally recognized as one of the most important drivers for economic growth and development. Access to affordable and reliable electricity is critical to a country's growth and prosperity. India has made significant progress...

The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme was launched as a centrally sponsored scheme on 02 October 1975, in pursuance of the National Policy for Children, 1974. The policy laid down that the State should provide adequate services to...

The role of new and renewable energy has been assuming increasing significance with the growing concern for India's energy security. India's substantial and sustained economic growth is placing enormous demand on its energy resources. The demand and ...

The Report has a total revenue implication of Rs.2428 crore covering 150 paragraphs and four long thematic paragraphs. This includes 92 paragraphs involving money value of Rs.38.90 crore on which rectificatory action was taken by the...

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the first shore based Integrated Steel Plant in the country was incorporated on 18 February 1982 with an installed capacity of 3 million tonne per annum (MTPA) with the main objective of production and sale of...

Natural Gas (NG), one of the cleanest, safest and most useful of fossil fuels is being increasingly used in various sectors like fertilizer, power, city gas, steel and other heavy industries. Primary consumers of NG in the country are in the power...

This Report contains significant audit findings which arose from the performance and compliance audit of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. It contains six chapters. Chapter I gives a brief introduction of the Ministry of...

Indian Railways (IR) is a departmental commercial undertaking of the Government of India. It consists of 65,808 route kms* on which 21,598 trains ply, carrying about 23 million passengers and hauling nearly 2.90 million tonne of freight everyday....

A taxpayer becomes eligible for a refund if the tax paid by him was higher than the tax due in the year. The refund process gets initiated with the claim contained in the annual tax returns submitted by the taxpayer, which is then examined by the...

We conducted a performance audit on the levy of customs duty on 'natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof, imitation jewellery, coin (chapter 71 of Customs...