Bill to get NGOs,PPP entities under CAG likely

The government is likely to move a new bill in the Parliament to give more teeth to the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Written by ENS Economic Bureau
New Delhi | April 6, 2010 12:53 AM IST

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The government is likely to move a new bill in the Parliament to give more teeth to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) by bringing Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs),non-government organisations (NGOs) and public-private-partnership entities (PPP) under its purview. The new bill will replace the CAG Act 1971 and will allow the auditor to seek information from various branches of the government in a time-bound manner just as under the right to information (RTI) Act.

We expect it to be tabled in the coming session of Parliament, CAG Vinod Rai said on Monday on the sidelines of the 25th Accountants General Conference 2010.