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Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Delhi Speaker says assembly panel can examine CAG reports after former CM Atishi raises doubts
Days after Opposition leader Atishi raised questions over the powers of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to review reports from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), Speaker Vijender Gupta clarified that any financial irregularity resulting in a loss to the exchequer can be examined by the assembly that sanctioned the expenditure, with the PAC acting as its extension. In a letter to the former chief minister, Gupta cited Practice and Procedure in Parliament , a reference work detailing the PAC's core responsibilities, stating that the committee is tasked with examining cases of losses, wasteful spending, and financial irregularities. He emphasised that the PAC operates as an extension of the assembly, empowered to scrutinise such matters. Atishi writes to Speaker Earlier this month, Atishi wrote to the Speaker, asserting that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Delhi Assembly does not have the authority to examine the three Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports on liquor supply, public health, and vehicular air pollution. These reports were tabled in the House during the first session following the formation of the BJP government and were referred to the PAC after a discussion among the MLAs. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 15 Most Beautiful Women Ever The Noodle Box Undo The AAP functionary also mentioned in her letter that following the amendment of GNCTD Act , the assembly couldn't make any rule to enable itself or its committees to consider the day-to-day administration of the capital or conduct inquiries in relation to administrative decisions. "For all practical purposes, this amendment takes away all powers of assembly committees," Atishi claimed. She added that the rules of procedure and conduct of business in National Capital Territory of Delhi also limited the roles of PAC to the examination of appropriation of accounts of the capital and CAG reports thereon. "However, the three reports currently before PAC are not regarding appropriation accounts of NCT of Delhi. In fact, these reports concern themselves with policy matters and day-to-day administrative decisions taken by NCT of Delhi," the Kalkaji MLA said in her letter, adding that the CAG reports couldn't be "examined, inquired into, and a report prepared on them, when GNCTD Act expressly forbids" it. Live Events Responding to the letter, Gupta said Atishi's interpretation of the rules was "bereft of any merit". "In fact, it is the constitutional obligation of the CAG to present its reports to the assembly and for PAC and COGU (committee on govt undertakings) to examine it. Any irregularity, which has caused or may have caused loss to the exchequer, can be examined by the assembly, which sanctioned it," the speaker wrote.
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Harvard hit by $60 million grant termination over alleged antisemitism
The US Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday that it was terminating $60 million in federal grants to Harvard University saying the Ivy League institution failed to address antisemitic harassment and ethnic discrimination on campus. US President Donald Trump 's administration has frozen or ended federal grants and contracts for the university worth nearly $3 billion in recent weeks. Since taking office in January, the Republican president has sought to use federal research funding to overhaul US academia, which he says has been gripped by anti-American, Marxist and "radical left" ideologies. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 15 Most Beautiful Women Ever The Noodle Box Undo The administration has accused Harvard of continuing to consider ethnicity when reviewing student applications and of allowing discrimination against Jews as a result of the pro-Palestinian student protest movement that roiled American campuses last year. (Join our ETNRI WhatsApp channel for all the latest updates) New York's Columbia University has also been targeted over alleged antisemitism . Live Events RECOMMENDED STORIES FOR YOU Harvard loses another $450 million in grants in escalating battle with Trump administration Trump's withdrawal of federal funds forces Ivy League to trim budgets "Due to Harvard University's continued failure to address antisemitic harassment and race discrimination, HHS is terminating multiple multi-year grant awards over their full duration," the health department said in a post on X on Monday. Harvard University did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based institution has previously said that it "cannot absorb the entire cost" of the frozen grants, and that it was working with researchers to help them find alternative funding. It is also suing the Trump administration over its decision to cut grants. Earlier this month, the university settled a high-profile lawsuit by an Orthodox Jewish student who said Harvard was ignoring antisemitism on campus. The settlement came four months after Harvard promised additional protections for Jewish students , as it resolved two lawsuits claiming it was a hotbed of antisemitism.
