CAG said this defeated the spirit of the Constitutional amendment, as is evident from the inconsistencies noticed during the course of the performance audit.
In its report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, the regulator said more than 3.30 lakh wagons were passed without approval after repairs in workshops and terminal yards.
The CAG says the Mines Department itself identified 48,486 cases of illegal mining activities during the years 2015 to 2020.
The SCO Member SAIs unanimously decided to hold the next meeting of SCO Member SAIs in Tajikistan in 2025.
Pointing out discrepancies, the report said the development of patents was nil in both the universities and non-existent in the test-checked colleges. The test-checked colleges had no collaborative activities with the industries and no MoUs had been signed.
