CAG raps MEA for 'inefficient' management of properties

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India rapped the ministry of external affairs (MEA) for “inefficient” management of its properties across the world, costing the exchequer several crores.

Criticising the “Global Estate Management” of the MEA, in its latest report, said, “Properties were purchased or developed without assessing the basic requirement and purpose of their acquisition.”