Ten Minutes of Fame
A senior IRS (C&CE) officer wrote to us,
"My friends in the IAAS tell me that the recent love of incumbent CAG for the media, which has contributed to the larger than life image of present CAG (and will ensure him a post retirement job OR a place in Team Anna OR in the Team of Justice Verma OR in the Team of Lyngdoh) has nothing to do with building up the institution of CAG vis-a-vis its potential.
Constitution provides a unique opportunity to CAG to see how Govt. policies are working in the ground by giving its Officers access to various departments of Govt. To illustrate in our context, CAG can do a study on the safeguards provided (monitoring mechanisms and means to recover revenue lost - by B.G., LUT, etc. taken) in schemes like EPCG to recover revenue, by doing a sample study by collecting data from DGFT and Custom Houses for a particular period or a particular industry and see how effectively the objective of this Export Promotion Scheme is being achieved. THERE IS NO EFFORT IN THIS DIRECTION EVEN IN THESE DAYS OF A CAPABLE CAG.