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CAG Warned. Nobody Listened. Why?


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For years, CAG reports have exposed massive fraud, mismanagement and leakage in India’s biggest welfare schemes—from GST and DBT to housing, healthcare, skills training and drinking water projects. Yet, unlike the past, these revelations barely trigger outrage or accountability.


In this hard-hitting audio, Sucheta Dalal explains how digital systems meant to prevent corruption are increasingly enabling ghost beneficiaries, fake records, cyber fraud and misreporting involving thousands of crores of rupees. From pensions paid to the dead and fake skill certificates to housing scams, contaminated water and healthcare rackets, the evidence is overwhelming—and largely ignored.


Why have constitutional audit warnings lost their impact? And what does this silence mean for governance, public money and citizens who are denied basic services?

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Moneylife News BitesBy Debashis Basu & Sucheta Dalal