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Audits more focused now: Outgoing CAG Rajiv Mehrishi
G C Murmu, who was Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, will take over as the new CAG on Saturday.
Updated on Aug 09, 2020 05:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neeraj Chauhan
CAG report vindicates Modi govt’s stand on Rafale deal, says Arun Jaitley
Arun Jaitley has used the CAG report to target Rahul Gandhi, who has been hitting out at PM Modi over the 2016 defence contract.
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 04:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul join protest against Rafale deal, lawmakers fly paper planes
The CAG report said the NDA government’s deal to purchase 36 Rafale aircraft saved money compared to the UPA’s deal to buy 126 fighter jets.
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 01:18 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Rafale jet deal 2.9 per cent cheaper than UPA-era deal, says CAG report tabled in Parliament
The CAG report tabled in the Rajya sabha says compared to the 126 aircraft deal, India managed to save 17.08% money for the India Specific Enhancements in the Rafale contract. The overall price of fighter jets is 2.86 per cent cheaper as compared to the UPA-era deal, the report adds.
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajesh Ahuja & Sudhi Ranjan Sen
On Rafale, Congress accuses CAG of conflict of interest
Congress leader Kapil Sibal said Mehrishi should have recused himself from auditing the deal and if the CAG report on it is tabled in Parliament, it would amount to a scam.
Published on Feb 10, 2019 11:10 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
CAG Rajiv Mehrishi can’t audit Rafale, he was part of deal, says Congress, points to conflict of interest
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal said Mehrishi cannot act against himself as there lies a conflict of interest in doing so and demanded that he recuse himself from the CAG report on Rafale deal.
Updated on Feb 10, 2019 08:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent