Audit arbitration instances of claims over 1 cr: Parvesh

This audit is aimed toward assessing the extent of economic losses arising from authorized disputes and bringing transparency to how public funds have been spent or misplaced over the previous twenty years, stated Water Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh, who additionally holds Irrigation & Flood Control and Public Works portfolios.

Mr. Singh stated the federal government has additionally issued a binding directive that no funds shall be made in arbitration instances the place the award is towards the federal government, until all authorized cures have been exhausted and formal clearance is obtained from the Law Department.

This comes a day after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday stated that alleged irregularities within the building of Barapullah elevated street phase-III in the course of the earlier Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities will probably be investigated by the Anti-Corruption Branch.

The CM stated that in that case, the non-public firm approached the High Court, which in May 2023 ordered the PWD to pay ₹175 crore, together with curiosity and GST, to the corporate. Ms. Gupta had criticised the AAP authorities for neither submitting a evaluation petition nor performing towards the accountable officers, however the AAP termed the allegations as “baseless”.