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CAG Highlights Underuse of Welfare Fund for Construction Workers

Representative Image AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government has collected over Rs 4,700 crore as a welfare cess from developers over the past 16 years, until 2023. However, only Rs 808 crore, or 17%, has been utilized for worker welfare through a legally mandated board. This issue was highlighted in the audit report from the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), which was presented in the legislative assembly on the last day of the monsoon session. The ‘performance audit on the welfare of building and other construction workers for the period 2017-22’ indicated that the absence of a Welfare Fund resulted…

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GNIDA’s Plots to Unqualified Realtors Threaten Buyer Safety: CAG

NOIDA: An audit conducted by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) has uncovered significant irregularities and policy violations by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) in the allotment of group housing and builder plots from 2005-06 to 2017-18. The audit report, released on Wednesday—coinciding with the Supreme Court’s directive to the UP government to consider transforming the Noida Authority into a metropolitan council for improved fairness and transparency—highlights lapses over the years that have contributed to the ongoing real estate crisis in Noida’s twin city. Thousands of flats are considerably delayed, while registries are held up due to skyrocketing…

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Delhi CM presents CAG audit on construction workers’ welfare

Representative image created by AI NEW DELHI: On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presented a CAG audit report in the Assembly that uncovered irregularities in the registration of construction workers. The report indicated insufficient spending on their welfare, even though the state government had more than ₹3,500 crore available from 2019 to 2023. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India’s report on ‘Welfare of Building and Other Construction Workers’ (BOCW) examined the preceding four years under the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. The report found that the Delhi government lacked reliable data on the number of BOCWs,…