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18 July 2014
Performance
Report No. 3 of 2014 - Performance Audit on Public Private Partnership Projects in Indian Railways Union Government,Railways

Indian Railways (IR) is a prime mover in the transport sector of the nation. It is one of the largest railway systems in the world under a single management and is the single largest mover of freight in the country. Despite improvement in growth...

Sector:
Transport & Infrastructure

assurance that the provisions of the agreements pertaining to the concession period, lease rent and transfer payments were complete and clearlv defined without anv ombiauitv. Concession Agreement is an agreement between MoR and the SPV through which latter acquires the right to Develop,...............

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is the backbone of the country's transport infrastructure integrating market and connecting communities across the length and breadth of the country. Despite encouraging growth of freight, the market share of IR in freight sector has declined substantially from 53 to about 35 per cent during the...............

Public Private Partnership projects in Indian Railways Chapter 2 Selection of Private Partners Sound investment decisions are fundamental as they significantly affect the financial health of an organization in the long run. The economic viability of an...............

Successful implementation of a project through concessionaires depends upon the clear formulation of terms and conditions of the execution of project with reference to the objectives that the Concessioning Authority intended to achieve. RVNL was mandated to implement railway infrastructure...............

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19 December 2014
Performance
Report No. 33 of 2014 - Performance Audit on Central Excise Administration in Automotive Sector of Union Government, Department of Revenue-Indirect Taxes,Central Excise

of India  for the year ended March 2014  Central Excise Administration   in Automotive Sector    Union Government  Department of Revenue  Indirect Taxes ‐ Central Excise  Report No. 33 of 2014 ...............

Sector:
Taxes and Duties

in the manufacture of a final product. The Central Excise Duty/Service Tax paid on any of these three items is credited into a Cenvat credit account. Accumulated credit may be used for making duty/tax on finished goods/output services subject to fulfilment of certain conditions. This ensures...............

We requested the Commissionerates (November 2013) to provide us the details of any such analysis done in respect of automobiles and automotive parts manufacturing sector. Thirty-nine out of the selected 40 Commissionerates6 intimated that they had not undertaken any analysis of the sector................

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is adequately placed to safeguard the interests of revenue through its compliance verification mechanisms, annual analyses of tax payers and defaulters, monitoring of exemptions etc. While doing so, we also looked into the adequacy of the Rules and extant instructions in ensuring proper...............

Report No. 33 of 2014 (Performance Audit) Chapter 3 : Valuation of excisable goods During the course of this audit, we observed 25 cases of incorrect valuation of excisable goods with duty impact of ' 547.93 crore. These had not...............

(i) Test-check of records of M/s GKN Driveline (I) Ltd. in Delhi-LTU Commissionerate revealed that the assessee's balance sheets for the years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 depicted reimbursement of expenses of' 1.42 crore, ' 1.37 crore and ' 2.66 crore respectively. We observed that the...............

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23 December 2014
Performance
Report No. 36 of 2014 - performance Audit on Implementation of Public Private Partnership Projects in National Highways Authority of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways

(Para 5. 8) In four projects, NHAI prematurely released VGF amounting to ` 769.53 crore in contravention of the provisions of MCA. (Para 7.6) NHAI is managing its staff strength mostly with officials on deputation from other government departments and by appointing consultants................

Sector:
Transport & Infrastructure

36 of 2014 The reply ignores the fact that MCA clearly provided that the concession period was to be worked out based on the volume of traffic including tollable as well as non/tollable traffic. Thus, the total volume of traffic, which was the carrying capacity of a road, should have been taken...............

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were completed within estimated cost, desired timeframe and in cases of any delay/default; appropriate steps had been considered/taken as per MCA/CA. 1.10 Audit methodology and Criteria Sample audit of a few Project Implementation Units (PIUs) of NHAI was conducted during November 2011 to...............

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ANNEXURES Report No. 36 of 2014 Annexure -1 (Para 5.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.3) Delays at various stages of approval in fulfilling conditions precedent SI. Name of project Date of Date of Delay Scheduled Actual Delay from Actual...............

However, neither MCA nor draft concession agreement, which is part of RFP documents, contained any provision for imposition of penalty for delay. Annexure-1 gives the status of delays in signing CA beyond the prescribed period of 45 days. Out of 94 projects reviewed, delay in 21 projects in...............

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(Para 5. 8) In four projects, NHAI prematurely released VGF amounting to 769.53 crore in contravention of the provisions of MCA. (Para 7.6) NHAI is managing its staff strength mostly with officials on deputation from other government departments and by appointing consultants................

Report No. 36 of 2014 Chapter - 6 ta As per Rule 3(2) of NH Fee Rules 2008, NHAI is required to commence collection of toll within 45 days from the date of issue of provisional completion certificate or issue of notification, whichever is later. NHAI circular dated 16 September...............

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Report No. 36 of 2014 Chapter - 8 Conclusion In order to reduce dependency on its finances, bring in professional project management practices and improved technology for better quality of construction, Gol had...............

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28 November 2014
Performance
Report No. 29 of 2014 - Performance Audit on Administration of Prosecution and Penalties in Central Excise and Service Tax of Union Government, Department of Revenue - Indirect Taxes, Central Excise and Service Tax

Administration of   Prosecution and Penalties in   Central Excise and Service Tax  Union Government  Department of Revenue  Indirect taxes – Central Excise and Service Tax  Report No. 29 of 2014 ...............

Sector:
Taxes and Duties
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These are independent of the penalties and confiscation that can be imposed by Excise authorities through departmental adjudication. 1.1.1 Prosecution Prosecution is the commencement of a criminal proceeding, where the Government exhibits before a Court of Law the formal charges against a...............

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28 November 2014
Performance
Report No. 21 of 2014 - Performance Audit of Special Economic Zones SEZs of Union Government, Department of Revenue - Indirect Taxes, Customs

ComptrollerandAuditorGeneral ofIndia Fortheyear2012r13 PerformanceofSpecialEconomicZones (SEZs) UnionGovernment DepartmentofRevenue (IndirectTaxes–Customs) No.21of2014 LaidonthetableofLokSabha/RajyaSabha____________ i    ...............

Sector:
Taxes and Duties

exemptions/deductions to the tune of? 1,150.06 crore (Income tax 4.39; Indirect Taxes 1,145.67 crore) and systemic weaknesses in Indirect and Direct tax administration to the tune of? 27,130.98 crore. The withdrawal of exemption from MAT/DDT was considered by business as an important...............

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Paragraph No. Topics CA 20 of 2009-10 15.1. 2, 15.1.3 Incorrect availing of exemption 15.1.5 Irregular DTASale No. 14 of 2009-10 (CA) 2.1.1, 2.1.2 and Short/Non-levy of education cess on DTA 2.1.3 clearance 2.1.5 Incorrect reimbursement of Central Sales Tax 2.1.7 and 2.1.9...............

In addition, we noted a trend wherein developers approached the government for allotment/purchase of vast areas of land in the name of SEZ. However, only a fraction of the land so acquired was notified for SEZ and later de-notification was also resorted to within a few years to benefit from...............

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04 August 2014
Performance
Report No. 18 of 2014 - performance Audit on Planning and Implementation of Transmission Projects by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and Grid Management by Power System Operation Corporation Limited of Union Government, Ministry of Power

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Sector:
Power & Energy
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a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise, is mandated under the Electricity Act to ensure development of an efficient, coordinated and economical system of inter state transmission lines for smooth flow of electricity from generating stations to load centres. Power System Operation Corporation...............

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Preface Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise, is mandated under the Electricity Act to ensure development of an efficient, coordinated and economical system of inter state transmission lines for smooth flow of electricity from generating...............

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In 1984, a working group constituted by Government of India (GOI) for development of 'National Grid’ recommended formation of a separate central sector corporation for manning, constructing, operating and maintaining transmission facilities in the country. Accordingly, Power Grid...............

Records relating to conceptualisation and planning of 20 selected transmission projects taken up for implementation during April 2007 to March 2012 along with the status of augmentation to the transmission network made by PGCIL up to March 2013 were examined in audit. Results of the...............

and Project Funding 5.1 Investment approval The Report on the Working Group on Power for XI Plan inter alia stated (February 2007) that it is desirable that the project is defined to finer details to the extent possible at the Feasibility Report (FR)/Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) stage for...............

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18 July 2014
Performance
Report No. 15 of 2014 - Performance Audit on Public Private Partnership Project at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai - Union Government, Ministry of Civil Aviation

Government decided to adopt the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode in modernisation of existing airports as well as development of new airports. It was decided with the approval of Cabinet (September 2003) that restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports would be undertaken through the...............

Sector:
Transport & Infrastructure
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The GVK led consortium emerged the highest bidder offering 38.7 per cent of the revenue to AAI. OMDA defines revenue as all pre-tax gross revenue of JV, excluding (a) payments made by JV, if any, for the activities undertaken by relevant authorities or payments received by JV for provision of...............

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Government decided to adopt the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode in modernisation of existing airports as well as development of new airports. It was decided with the approval of Cabinet (September 2003) that restructuring of Delhi and Mumbai airports would be undertaken through the...............

The licensee is also liable to pay for security component to any security agency designated by the Central Government for providing security service at the airport. Article 12.4.1 of OMDA stipulates that PSF shall be collected and disbursed in accordance with the provisions of SSA. Clause 3.1 A.l...............

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18 July 2014
Performance
Report No. 14 of 2014 - Performance Audit on Pricing Mechanism of Major Petroleum Products in Central Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies, Union Government, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

At present, there are three regulated products, viz., High Speed Diesel (HSD), Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) for Public Distribution System (PDS] and Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) for Domestic use. Motor Spirit (MS]...............

Sector:
Power & Energy

Major audit findings in these areas are discussed in the following paragraphs: 3.1. Impact of pricing methodology on Oil Marketing Companies 3.1.1 Pricing at the refinery gate Regulated petroleum products are priced on an import parity basis, i.e., the products are priced as if they are imported...............

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The prices of most commonly consumed petroleum products viz. High Speed Diesel1 (HSD, commonly called Diesel], Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG, Domestic), and Superior Kerosene Oil (PDS - SKO, commonly called Kerosene Oil) are regulated and these three products come under the category of regulated...............

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18 July 2014
Performance
Report No. 11 of 2014 - Performance Audit on Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System of Union Government, Department of Revenue-Indirect Taxes,Customs

2012.DocumentControl PerformanceAnalysisReports ICESandACESPerformanceReportregardingBE &IGMFilingTrend,CPU&Memoryutilisation, BandwidthutilizationofDC&DR DataBackupPolicydocument CBECBackupPolicyDocumentversion2.1August 2012...............

Sector:
Taxes and Duties

Report No. 11 of 2014 (Performance Audit) Chapter III: Functionality of the Application 3. Short scoping of ICES 1.5 The deficiency in customising various business rules in the system, as per the rules/Acts in force were observed relating to the following business...............

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18 July 2014
Performance
Report No. 5 of 2014 - Performance Audit on Stressed Assets Stabilisation Fund SASF of Union Government, Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services

Industrial Development Bank of India [IDBI] was an apex institution to provide long term finance to industrial enterprises, both in public and private sectors................

Sector:
Finance

Consequent to transfer of these stressed assets to SASF, NPAs of IDBI declined sharply from 14 per cent during 2002-03 to 2 per cent as of September 2004. The transaction effected by the Government of India in acquiring these assets did not involve any immediate cash outgo. GOI provided a loan...............

in crore Sr. Name of the borrower GLO Offer made by No the borrower 1 Dynamic Logistics Pvt. Ltd. 8.00 16.54 2 Super Forging and Steels Ltd. 4.75 4.50+0.25* TOTAL 12.75 21.29 (Note * 25 lakh paid in April 20t 18 before the offer) Of these two cases, the first case is sub judice and in the...............

of Assets after the formation of the Trust Between September 2004 and May 2005, IDBI, by executing six transfer/assignment/transfer of mortgage deeds, assigned 636 stressed assets with net loan outstanding of? 9,004 crore to SASF. However, IDBI Bank submitted (February 2006 / April 2006)...............

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