Chandigarh: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rapped the Indian Air Force for delays in finalising the court of inquiry proceedings in aircraft crashes as also in not fully implementing the remedial measures recommended in the inquiry reports to avoid further accidents
The CAG’s report, which was tabled in Parliament during the recently concluded winter session, points out that delays in finalisation of the inquiries had occurred inspite of the fact that the Ministry of Defence had increased the timeline for finalisation of the inquiries from four months to nine months way back in the year 2006. The report observed that the delays in finalisation of Courts of Inquiries had mainly occurred at the level of Air Headquarters.
“As against the permissible time line of three months for processing and approval of inquiries at Air Headquarters, the time taken was from four to 21 months,” the report states adding that there were also cases where the delay ranged from six month to over 24 months.
29/12/14 Man Aman Singh Chhina/Indian Express
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The CAG’s report, which was tabled in Parliament during the recently concluded winter session, points out that delays in finalisation of the inquiries had occurred inspite of the fact that the Ministry of Defence had increased the timeline for finalisation of the inquiries from four months to nine months way back in the year 2006. The report observed that the delays in finalisation of Courts of Inquiries had mainly occurred at the level of Air Headquarters.
“As against the permissible time line of three months for processing and approval of inquiries at Air Headquarters, the time taken was from four to 21 months,” the report states adding that there were also cases where the delay ranged from six month to over 24 months.
29/12/14 Man Aman Singh Chhina/Indian Express
