India’s auditor flags major revenue losses in telecom and IT ministries

New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged serious lapses in the functioning of the ministry of communications and the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity), raising concerns over revenue losses, weak oversight, and inefficient policy implementation in key projects.

The audit report, tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, highlighted irregularities in telecom revenue-sharing and incentives for electronics manufacturing, which could have implications for the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and its push to improve the country’s digital infrastructure.