NEW DELHI: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) may audit Government schemes such as Swachh Bharat and Jan Dhan, as members of the newly formed Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today called for an appraisal of the Prime Minister’s pet projects.
In the first meeting of PAC headed by its new chairman, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, members also raised the issue of tax evasion by companies by misusing trusts, a PAC member present at the meeting said.
CAG should look into the issue, as companies have evaded taxes on an amount of about Rs 3 lakh crore by putting their money in charitable trusts, Biju Janata Dal MP Bhartruhari Mahtab said.
Referring to a report on the functioning of trusts, submitted to the PAC by the panel’s sub-committee headed by BJP’s Nishikant Dubey, Mahtab said it required CAG’s “special attention”. (AGENCIES)
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