Audit Reports

vital Projects social objectives like food security, conversion of wastelands into usable land, water security through drinking water missions, environment security through disaster management support programmes, etc. NRSC also undertook operational projects directly from various users for......

(498) Wasteland project was, however, delayed by one year, as the workload was high and Mission (2003) the analysis was being carried out in digital environment in terms of [12 Months] administration boundaries. Escalation in project cost was not worked out due to this increased scope of work and......

across IR to assess the system design, reliability and timely availability of basic operating data, Information Systems controls and security environment. The detailed findings are reported separately in Chapter 2. Broadly, it was seen that the system was largely being utilised to generate......

Policy Programmes •Water (Prevention and National Water Policy, 2002 National River Conservation Control of Pollution) National Environment Plan Act, 1974 Policy, 2006 National Lake Conservation •Water (Prevention and Plan Control of Pollution) •Jawaharlal Nehru......

1.5 Audit methodology The audit methodology was guided by the following: (a) Stakeholders' Conference on Environment Audit In July 2009, the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India organised a Stakeholders' Conference on Environment Audit to flag major environmental issues in......

Polluted water in rivers, lakes and ground water poses risks to environment as well as health of people exposed to the polluted water. The basin approach is being recognised as a comprehensive basis for managing water resources more sustainably and will lead to social, economic and......

Report No. 21 of 2011-12 Executive Summary Why did we decide to examine this issue? In July 2009, various stakeholders working in the field of environment flagged water pollution as the most important environmental issue that concerns us. We also held a detailed two-day International......

by Member, Planning Commission Monitoring Committee •Task: Quarterly review of progress •Last meeting: April 2002 Headed by Union Minister, Environment & Forests Standing Committee •Task: Quarterly review of progress •Last meeting: March 2003 Headed by Secretary, MoEF Steering......

With respect to programmes for source protection, treatment and restoration of rivers, we observed the following: In the case of rivers Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India launched Ganga Action Plan (GAP) Phase-1 in 1985 to address the issue of pollution of river......

MOEF being nodal ministry is responsible for protection of environment including environmental threats arising from Water pollution. Funds allocated by the government to MOEF and its various agencies for implementation of programmes relating to prevention of pollution of rivers, lakes and ground......

I&D Bellandur, Kolar, Tungabhadra/ 2. STPs based on Kotekere, Gulbarga, Devanagare WSP Sharanabasa Mangalore, Pennar/ Bangalore 3. I&D Environment veshwara Bhadravati, Action Plan lake Belgaum block, and Davanagere 13. Kerala Pamba/ Pamba 1. I&D Veli Akkulam Alathur, 2. STP Attappady, 3. RFD......

Records and documents relating to the issues in the Performance Audit were examined: in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Central Pollution Control Board, Ministry of Water Resources and Central Ground Water Board between July 2010 to February 2011. in 25 States and State......

Although the concerns relating to water pollution have been addressed in the National Water Policy and National Environment Policy in India both at the Centre and State, the resources available for prevention of pollution, treatment of polluted water and ecological restoration of polluted......

about efficacy of any programme, it is undertaken to ensure that projects, programmes and policies are economically viable, socially equitable and environmentally stable and delivering the intended results. 6.1 Change in water quality of rivers as a result of implementation of NRCP Ganga Action......

Chapter 3 outlines the financial considerations with comments on the effectiveness of the contracts to create the environment in which the ships will be delivered. Chapter 4 reviews project management and delivery including the infrastructure created at the shipyards to take on the increased......

(Para 5.1.8) It is certainly not our case that Al should benefit from a protected environment, cloistered from competition from foreign airlines (and other Indian carriers), especially in the current era of economic liberalisation. However, the timing of the liberalisation of bilateral......

being provided to Indian carriers to increase domestic capacities was incorrect and stamping out the competition with other carriers in the economic environment was not possible. 6.1.2.2 Unsatisfactory performance vis-a-vis other competitors A comparison of the performance of IAL with its......

who may be a corporate, businessman, tourist or civil servant who has to spend long hours in flight looks for a comfortable, luxurious and salubrious environment. Attentive, efficient, pleasant and courteous service from the crew on board is an added attraction. The current dismal state of affairs......

an opportunity to fully leverage strong assets, capabilities and infrastructure: Parking bays and landing slots in an 'infrastructure constrained' environment; Potential to launch high growth & profitability businesses {Ground Handling Services (GHS); Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO)......

Programme (SIPPO) at organic culturing of Black tiger shrimp and scampi, as the scientific shrimp farming continued to raise controversies over environmental and social impacts, food safety issues etc. As per guidelines, a beneficiary can avail subsidy for a maximum of six ha at the rate of......

for appointing a monitoring committee and management action groups viz., planning indicator, high level group for sub regional plan for Delhi, environment planning and coordination groups, infrastructure development groups, enforcement and plan monitoring group etc. In the first High Level......

However justified was such excessive delegation on a wide scale, it was carried out without any attention to the weak control environment and without any effort to improve the same. Ministry while delegating powers did not make any effort to put in practice enhanced control measures. With a......

Such cases have been included in Part II as they related to procurement for specific Factories. Part III deals with the general control environment affecting the procurement actions at the levels of Ministry, OFB and Factories. Ordnance Factories place supply orders in thousands every year. While......

5.7 Communication with the suppliers To provide equal opportunities to all suppliers and to generate maximum competition in an environment in which tender enquiries are issued only to limited number of suppliers and there exists tell-tale evidence of cartel, it is of utmost importance that all......

cartelization, lack of independent assessment of the reasonableness of pricing and very high delegation among different levels of officials in an environment which has little internal control have created a situation in the Ordnance Factories in which the possibility of a fair price through......

Appreciating the steps taken by the Ministry, it is stated that the internal control in an organization denotes a robust control environment, which sets the tone of the organization including tone at the top, risk assessment, control activities which comprise policies and procedures that help......

It is important not only for its employees and workers but also for the environment and the nation. Steel Industry poses one of the most difficult challenges in the area of safety, health and environment when compared to many other industries due to complex nature of its operations and......

as raw material. Therefore, the companies in iron and steel industry have the responsibility towards environment protection and peripheral development. The present performance audit covers the CSR activities of these companies for the period from 2004-05 to 2009-10. Implementation of CSR......

As it consumes huge amount of natural resources like coal, iron ore, etc., as raw material, it has to be responsible towards environment protection and peripheral development. SAIL and RINL being profit making companies have adequate resources to discharge these responsibilities. Performance......

business leaders to rethink their responsibilities with respect to corporate performance measured in terms of economic impact, social impactand environmental impact-commonly called the Triple Bottom Line. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is seen as a concept in which companies......

is not comprehensive as it does not address the following key issues: Theareasto becovered undertheCSR The scope of the CSR activities, e.g., Environment, Safety, Education, Peripheral Development etc. Detailed methodology for conducting CSR activities The budget/source of funds for......

2010-11 Steel Authority of India Limited and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited Annexure Compliance Status of Charter on Corporate in Responsibility for Environment Protection (As referred in paragraph 4.12) S.No. Parameters Compliance by SAIL Compliance by RINL 1. Coke Oven Plants PLL, PLO & PLD......

Steel manufacturing has various impacts on the environment. The main impact comes from the use of energy and raw materials, which result in the emission of carbon dioxide. Energy and raw material consumption in both the Companies was significantly higher than the average global......