Audit Reports

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......

field development plan to ensure the most efficient, beneficial and timely extraction of petroleum, keeping in view engineering, economic, safety and environmental considerations. Development will then include the following aspects, among others: Drilling of production wells (for producing......

control of MoPNG with the objective of promoting the sound management of Indian petroleum and natural gas resources, having a balanced regard for the environment, safety, technological and economic aspects of the petroleum industry. The Gol resolution of April 1993 constituting the DGH refers to......

Industry Practices Gol Government of India GWC Gas water Contact HC Hydrocarbon HPCL Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited HSE Health Safety and Environment IDP Initial Development Plan IM Investment Multiple INR Indian Rupee IOC Indian Oil Corporation IOGPT Institute of Oil and Gas Petroleum......

One of the major areas of uncertainties faced by the Power Sector is environmental clearances from Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF). It was, however, observed that in as many as four projects13 the management took 24 to 42 months in arriving at the zero date14 even after getting......

The Company adopted super critical technology which is more cost effective, thermal efficient and environment friendly, in only 3 out of 18 thermal projects. Though the working group on power for XI Plan envisaged (February 2007) per MW cost at 4.00 crore and State and private......

In fact the Ministry of Environment and Forests had accorded the forest clearance within one month of the application in both the cases. 4.2 Execution of project Time is the essence of every contract for achieving completion of any work as per agreement between two parties. Audit examined the......

Company should consider adopting super critical technology in more and more projects as the technology is more cost effective, thermal efficient and environment friendly. IV. Data bankofthepricesofvariousinputsrequiredforsettingupa power plant should be maintained on real time basis for realistic......

times, the range of unique physical attributes of jute has opened up new avenues for diversification, especially in the light of global concerns for environment. Jute is now used in several diversified products generically termed as Jute Diversified Products (JDPs). Prominent JDPs include......

Kynshi-I and Simsang 132 Report No.20 of 2010-11 Jiadhal project was to be completed by December 2003 but the same could not be completed for want of Environment Impact Assessment and Environmental Management Program from M/s Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd. The board took up preparation of......

252.20 crore). In 7 of the 16 NELP blocks, the Company took 8 to 12 months in completion of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) studies which had adverse impact on timely API of seismic data In the absence of norms, the reasonableness of time taken in completion of EIA studies and API......

95 Report No. 10 of 2010-11 On environment front Audit found that the Company did not achieve ILP targets in terms of Sulphur recovery, production of Euro III compliant MS and HSD in all the three years except production of MS in 2007-08. The short recovery of sulphur also resulted in loss......

The Company has not yet formed an IT policy for its IT environment which includes its SAP system, to direct its actions and efforts. Lacunae were also found in Network Security and Disaster Recovery setup. The Finance Module has inter-linkages with all the modules in the ERP system and......

AP Annual plans 2. API Acquisition, Processing and Interpretation 3. DGH Directorate General of Hydrocarbons 4. DS Drilling Services 5. EC Environment Clearance 6. EIA Environment Impact Assessment 7. EPC Executive Purchase Committee 8. FYP Five Year Plan 9. GEOPIC Geo-data Processing and......

rework of design during prototype stage was not carried out as the collaborator did not consider it 11 Loss of control, caused by the aerodynamic environment that resulted due to the combination of control inputs leading to the air crew running out of right cyclic to roll out of the left turn.......

Tins industry today functions in a highly competitive environment. The health services insurance is provided by 15 private insurance companies and four public sector undertakings viz., National Insurance Company Limited, The New India Assurance Company Limited, Oriental Insurance Company......

Report No. 10 of 2010-11 MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES CHAPTER VI Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited Procurement System Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is one of the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprises...