Public Accounts Committee

Incomplete, factually incorrect replies submitted to panels causing embarrassment to govt: Haryana finance dept

June 13, 2025 11:54 am

The instructions issued last week, the department mentioned that it has come to its notice that “according to the 91 PAC report, there are 1,653 recommendations awaiting final implementation or settlement”.

GSAT-18 cost: PAC tells space dept to be economically prudent

March 27, 2025 1:40 am

While deciding the optimum configuration for a satellite the department of space looks at several factors, including availability of spectrum, coverage requirement, spare capacity needed, and continuity of service. For GSAT-18, it considered several factors. 

After PAC nod, govt proposes to hike ministries' reporting limits for financial expenditure

February 19, 2024 1:46 am

According to the report, a substantial growth in budget size has diminished the delegated powers of the ministries leading to voluminous proposal(s) being forwarded, for reporting/approval of the Parliament.

NCP recommends Rohit Pawar as Public Accounts Committee chairperson

April 27, 2023 5:36 pm

When contacted, Pawar said he wasn't aware of this development. "But if the party has decided to give me the responsibility, I will fulfill my duties for the betterment of the state," he told The Indian Express.

Speaker appoints members of four financial committees of Assembly

April 20, 2023 3:58 am

Notably, in a departure from tradition, the chairmanship of PAC has been given to a member of the ruling BJP. Before this, for around 55 years, the Assembly followed a tradition of giving the chairmanship of PAC to a member of the Opposition party.

Delays in procurement: PAC flags issues with clothing, equipment for troops on China, Pak borders

December 15, 2022 10:18 am

The PAC, under the chairmanship of Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has examined the CAG report on provisioning and procurement of clothing, equipment, ration and housing, and management of inventory for the intervening period of 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Rs 58-cr loss to Gujarat due to inappropriate land allotment to Adani firm

September 23, 2022 4:08 am

The PAC has recommended to recover the full  amount from the company in three months and to take action against officials concerned for inappropriate classification of the land, causing loss to the state government and “undue” benefit to the company.

House panel calls in CAG officials: Explain audit report delays

April 04, 2022 7:36 am

The PAC is the oldest Parliamentary Committee, and is tasked with scrutinising the appropriation accounts of the Government of India and the reports of the CAG thereon.

100 years of Public Accounts Committee: Venkaiah Naidu calls for debate on freebies, Om Birla notes importance of House panels

December 04, 2021 10:01 pm

Addressing a function to mark the centennial celebrations of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Naidu said the PAC may be redesignated as Public Accounts and Audit Committee given the fact that audit review is also its core function.

Maharashtra: Fake invoices used to bag road contracts; House panel raps PWD over gross irregularities, inaction

July 02, 2019 12:54 pm

It rapped the department for inaction against contractors who allegedly used fake invoices to obtain multicrore contracts. In March 2013, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India had first raised the issue

Will PM Modi Be Summoned By Public Accounts Committee Of Parliament Over Demonetisation?

June 22, 2020 7:14 pm