CAG report on Delhi liquor policy referred to PAC, findings expected in three months
CAG report on the Delhi liquor policy has been referred to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for examination, with the panel expected to submit its report within three months, Speaker Vijender Gupta said Thursday. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the regulation and supply of liquor in Delhi, which was tabled in the house on February 25, has highlighted irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.
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«Members as is evident, the CAGs 'Performance Audit Report on Regulation and Supply of Liquor in Delhi' has brought out grave irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy in Delhi by the Aam Aadmi government. The report has brought out in detail how the public exchequer incurred huge loss so that private firms could profit illegally at the expense of the government,» the speaker said.
According to established parliamentary procedure, the report will be examined in detail by the PAC of the Delhi Assembly and it should submit its report within a period of three months, he added.
During the discussion on the CAG report, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra said, «AAP-da government tried every possible way to stop CAG report from being presented in the assembly, if I have to summarized the report in one line, then I will say 'Jhaddu wala ki daru wala hai'.»
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