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Isn't non-compliance of CAG's 2022 report enough reason for railways minister to resign?: NCP on Odisha train crash The CAG audit report had alarmed the Ministry of Railways of possible disasters and it appears that the ministry and the minister did not take this fair warning seriously, said NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto The NCP on Sunday sought to know why the measures suggested in the 2022 Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report to prevent train disasters were not implemented by the Centre, and asked if this non-adherence was not enough for Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to resign in the wake of the Odisha train tragedy. The Odisha train crash involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, which were carrying around 2,500 passengers, and a goods train occurred around 7 pm on Friday near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore. At least 288 people died and over 1,100 injured in the accident, the worst rail accident in India in nearly three decades. The 2022 report on 'Derailments in Indian Railways' highlighted multiple shortcomings. It revealed 24 factors responsible for derailments. There are many points of serious nature in that report that point out the fact that train accidents were waiting to happen, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto said in a statement. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE • TMC seeks meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee to discuss Manipur violence • Jammu and Kashmir: Five terroris...

Goa [India], June 12 (ANI): The second SAI20 Summit under India's G20 Presidency began today in Goa. Girish Chandra Murmu, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, as the Chair of the Supreme Audit Institutions-20 (SAI20) Engagement Group, led the deliberations. In his opening address, CAG highlighted that the Supreme Audit Institutions have a crucial role to play in the audit of Blue Economy and Responsible AI to ensure good governance, transparency and accountability and to optimise their positive impact on humankind. Blue Economy is the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth. CAG further stated that the audit of Blue Economy and Responsible AI is challenging and close cooperation among the SAIs for knowledge sharing and capacity building is needed. While recognizing the importance of sustainability, growth and the role of emerging technologies, he informed that the SAI20, priority areas - "Blue Economy" and "Responsible Artificial Intelligence" represents the new-age opportunities and concerns and these underline the need for genuine cooperation. Further, while discussing the possibility and perils of AI, CAG emphasized that it was essential that policymakers put in place processes to responsibly harness the potential of this technology. Earlier, Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai inaugurated the second SAI20 Summit of the SAI20 Engagement Group under the Indian Presidency of the G20. Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa also graced the occasion. The SAI20...

The Odisha train crash involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express and Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, which were carrying around 2,500 passengers, and a goods train occurred around 7 pm on Friday near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore. At least 275 people died and over 1,175 injured in the accident, the worst rail accident in India in nearly three decades. The tragedy has triggered a debate over the Kavach anti-collision system with the opposition parties, including the Congress, demanding the resignation of the railway minister. The 2022 report on 'Derailments in Indian Railways' highlighted multiple shortcomings. It revealed 24 factors responsible for derailments. There are many points of serious nature in that report that point out the fact that train accidents were waiting to happen, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson Clyde Crasto said in a statement. The main focus of the CAG audit was to ascertain whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented by the Ministry of Railways, he said. After the Odisha train accident, it clearly appears that the audit report was not adhered to, Crasto alleged. The NCP spokesperson asked if minister Vishnaw had read the CAG report.

New Delhi: With the devastating train accident in Odisha earlier this month raising questions about the Narendra Modi government’s spending on the upkeep of existing Railways resources, an analysis of official documents shows that the percentage of money spent on signalling and communications has not changed in the past six years. The focus has been on new projects over upkeep. For example, the 2023-24 Union Budget had the highest-ever capital expenditure outlay for the Indian Railways at 2.4 lakh crore — more than nine times the amount earmarked in the financial year 2013-14. This is also almost four times from actual capital expenditure of Rs 45,231.63 crore in 2016-17, annual reports from the Railways show. But of this, the sum allotted to new work was nearly double the amount the amount the government planned to spend on the upkeep of existing infrastructure. These new projects include the laying of new tracks, whereas upkeep consists of work like track renewal. This is the process of upgrading the components of railway tracks, including sleepers and ballast. According to protocol, 4,500 km of India’s total track length of 1,14,907 km has to be replaced annually. The Railways’ annual reports from 2016-17 to 2022-23 show that the national transporter has missed the mandated target for track renewal nearly every year. Data also shows that the Railways has spent more on new tracks than on track renewal in the past six years. For example, the Railways spent Rs 80,740.0...

Girish Chandra Murmu (born 21 November 1959) is the 14th Early life and education [ ] G.C. Murmu was born on 21 November 1959 in Betnoti village of Career [ ] In 2001, when Murmu's career took off in 2004 when he was made joint secretary of the Gujarat Home Department, which was headed by [ citation needed] On 31 October 2019, Murmu took charge as the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir after the formation of the new Union territory of On 8 August 2020, he was appointed as the See also [ ] • References [ ] • The Times of India. 6 August 2020 . Retrieved 20 February 2021. • ANI (20 November 2020). The Economic Times . Retrieved 20 February 2021. • www.un.org . Retrieved 27 December 2020. • www.jagranjosh.com. 21 November 2020 . Retrieved 17 July 2021. • Deccan Herald. 25 October 2019 . Retrieved 25 October 2019. • PTI (7 August 2020). The Times of India . Retrieved 26 January 2021. • The Week . Retrieved 17 November 2019. • Das, Anand ST (1 November 2019). 'A Tribal Boy Got a Big Opportunity': GC Murmu's Mother Elated over His Appointment as J&K's L-G". News18 . Retrieved 19 February 2020. • Economic Times. 27 October 2019 . Retrieved 8 February 2020. • ETGovernment.com. 27 October 2019 . Retrieved 12 February 2021. • The Outlook. 25 October 2019. • • www.newindianexpress.com . Retrieved 25 July 2022. • Service, Tribune News. Tribuneindia News Service. • NDTVIndia (in Hindi). 8 August 2020 . Retrieved 22 August 2020. Political offices Precededby

CAG’s 2022 report on ‘Derailments in Indian Railways’ flagged multiple shortcomings The auditors found that there were shortfalls ranging from 30-100% in inspections by track recording cars and idling of track machines owing to various reasons June 04, 2023 01:22 am | Updated 12:02 pm IST - New Delhi The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its 2022 report on “Derailments in Indian Railways”, had flagged multiple shortcomings and made several recommendations, which included the suggestion to ensure strict adherence to the scheduled timelines for conducting and finalising accident inquiries. The instances mentioned in the report were those which came to the CAG’s attention in the course of the test audit for the period April 2017 to March 2021, as well as those, which had come to its notice in earlier years, but could not be reported in the previous audit reports. Odisha train accident | Probe to examine whether the Coromandel Express derailed or switched tracks Also Read | The focus of the audit was to ascertain whether measures to prevent derailments and collisions were clearly laid down and implemented by the Ministry of Railways. The auditors found that there were shortfalls ranging from 30-100% in inspections by track recording cars and idling of track machines owing to various reasons. Highlighting the significance of timely inquiries, the report said that its main objective was to ascertain the cause of an accident and to formulate proposals for prevent...