Parliament Public Accounts Committee to examine recent CAG reports today
New Delhi, June 24
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Congress MP K C Venugopal, will meet at 11:00 am on Wednesday at the Parliament House Annexe to examine issues highlighted in recent Comptroller and Auditor General reports.
According to the agenda, the committee will first receive a briefing from audit officials, followed by oral evidence from representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs on two subjects.
The first subject concerns the "Establishment and Functioning of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences," based on a C&AG report of 2025.
Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs are expected to depose before the panel and respond to issues raised in the audit findings concerning the two institutions.
The previous meeting of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) was held on June 4 in the Parliament premises.
The agenda of the meeting included a briefing by Audit, followed by the oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship on the subject "Performance Audit of Skill Development under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana" based on the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
The committee considered and adopted the draft Reports as done by Sub-Committee-II (Defence) and Sub-Committee-VI (Non-Compliance).
Earlier on Monday, a meeting of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice was held at the Parliament House Annexe Extension (PHAE) Building, to review the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) component in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.
As per the notice issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, the Committee heared the views of Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT); and Secretary, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), on the subject "Filling up of vacancies in the Central Government" as well as impact and outcomes of the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) component in the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination.
The parliamentary panel is headed by BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former Uttar Pradesh DGP, Brij Lal.
The committee, in April, had urged UPSC to revisit the Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) in the prelims, highlighting that its heavy focus on quantitative and analytical skills may disadvantage non-science, rural, and underserved aspirants.
CSAT, introduced in 2011, was meant to test logical reasoning and aptitude alongside General Studies.
— ANI
Reader Comments
It's refreshing to see parliamentary committees actually doing their job. The CSAT review is also crucial—too many bright candidates from rural areas get filtered out because of the aptitude test format.
The CSAT issue is something I've seen firsthand. Brilliant humanities students from small towns simply can't crack the quantitative section despite being excellent administrators. The committee is right to question this bias.
But let's be honest—how many of these PAC recommendations actually get implemented? We see reports, hearings, and then silence. Need more teeth in follow-up mechanisms. Otherwise it's just another meeting with chai and biscuits ☕
Good to see both ruling and opposition parties working together on accountability. The Skill Development audit under PMKVY is overdue—many training centers have questionable outcomes. Hope the PAC delivers concrete action.
The Andaman medical college project is important for island residents who currently have to travel to mainland for treatment. Hope the CAG findings lead to faster completion rather than just finger-pointing. Patient care shouldn't suffer due to bureaucratic delays. 🙏
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