75 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from CAG Report 1, published by crridom.gov.in. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. 29 of the 75 pairs (38.7%) are explanatory questions and 46 restate a figure. 93.33% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.
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First 10 of 75 rows
| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What provision was made for the promotion of CSIR scientists? | promotion of its scientists on the basis of FCS | Council of Scientific and industrial research (CSIR), autonomous body of Science and Industrial Research and substantially financed grants formulated its Assessments and Promotions Rules effective from January 2001 and. made provision for promotion of its scientists on the basis of FCS. CRRIis one of the constituent laboratories of CSIR. Audit scrutiny of records related to Service books, Personal files and FCS/Promotions files of Scientist(s) revealed that CRRI provided undue benefits of retrospective promotions in violation of Gol orders. Further, scrutiny of records revealed that the total 67 numbers of scientists got retrospective promotions in CRRI during the period 2019-20 to 2023-24. | 239 | definition | 1.000 | made provision for promotion of its scientists on the basis of FCS. | 13 | page=13,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What did the DoPT specify about when promotions under FCS should take effect? | be effective from a prospective date after due assessment of the concerned scientist and after the same had been approved by competent authority | Hence CRRI neither followed the DoPT rules for FCS/MECS nor the instructions/orders/directions of Gol and continuously provided undue benefits to their Scientists, refusing/disobeying the Government rules/orders/decisions causing loss to Govt. Further, Audit Assessments and Promotions Rules of CSIR provided that scientist recommended as fit for promotion under FCS shall be promoted from the due date of eligibility for assessment. The provision was in contravention of instructions of DoPT, which clearly specified that be effective from a prospective date after due assessment of the concerned scientist and after the same had been approved by competent authority. due to non-correction of date(s) of promotion, the scientists continuously the excess emoluments and benefits resulting in recurring financial loss. | 523 | definition | 1.000 | The provision was in contravention of instructions of DoPT, which clearly specified that be effective from a prospective date after due assessment of the concerned scientist and after the same had been approved by competent authority. | 13 | |||
| What system is mandated by the OM dated December 18, 2019, to monitor compliance with LRF expenditure limits? | a monitoring mechanism at CSIR HOrs through a committee | Asa result, CRRI had a closing balance of 79.17 crore under LRF as on March 2024. 1.2. As per the OM No.- 13/54/LRF/2018-RPPBDDdated December 18, 2019 with regard to utilisation of LRF/LHRF.to ensure compliance with annual expenditure limits on the additional actives and their purposes, there should be a monitoring mechanism at CSIR HOrs through a committee. The committee will also determine competitive funds release from monitor , outputs from such funds, and maintain overall tracking of expenditure subject to annual limits via a dedicated portal. Further, LRF utilisation for activities will be determined at the lab level and reported to the monitoring portal for compliance. Laboratory Directors would be delegated decision-making power for use of LR up to the ceiling limits provided, subject to consolidated quarterly reporting and case by case uploading to portal. | 304 | definition | 1.000 | As per the OM No.- 13/54/LRF/2018-RPPBDDdated December 18, 2019 with regard to utilisation of LRF/LHRF.to ensure compliance with annual expenditure limits on the additional actives and their purposes, there should be a monitoring mechanism at CSIR HOrs through a committee. | ||||
| What topic does Rule 233 of General Financial Rules 2017 address? | “Funding of Sponsored Projects or Schemes” | In this connection following observations are made in Audit: According to Rule 233 of General Financial Rules 2017[1], relating to “Funding of Sponsored Projects or Schemes” . (i) Ministries or Departments of Government sponsor projects or schemes to be undertaken by Universities, Indian Institute of Technology and other similar Autonomous Organisations such as ICAR, CSIR, ICMR etc., the results from which are expected to be in national interest. Normally the entire expenditure on such projects or schemes including capital expenditure is funded by the Ministry or Department. The funds released for such projects or schemes in one or more instalments are not treated as Grants-in-aid in the books of the implementing agency. | 131 | definition | 1.000 | In this connection following observations are made in Audit: According to Rule 233 of General Financial Rules 2017[1], relating to “Funding of Sponsored Projects or Schemes” . | 26 | page=26,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the purpose of the wet process for preparing waste modified bitumen? | useful | for paving applications | Grant A wet process for the preparation of waste pve modified bitumen useful | for paving applications Stepwise repeated destabilization and . stabilization of highly Singh Kanwar, Prasad Pulikanti collapsible soil mass by Subramanya, Mathur Sudhir, Azad 11-Jan-21 3,55,607 ‘soil nailing technique’ Farhat, Gangopadhyay Subhamay used for construction of railway/road underpass Ambika Behl, Girish Sharma, Gajendra Kumar, P.K. | 70 | definition | 1.000 | Grant A wet process for the preparation of waste pve modified bitumen useful | for paving applications Stepwise repeated destabilization and . | 7 | page=7,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What could delays in procuring equipment for specified projects result in? | non- achievement of desired output from the projects | The equipment needs to procure during the initial phase of the project for optimum utilisation during the project duration. Delay in procurement of equipment for the specified projects may also lead to non- achievement of desired output from the projects. | 202 | relationship | 0.970 | Delay in procurement of equipment for the specified projects may also lead to non- achievement of desired output from the projects. | 29 | page=29,ocr=1 | 0.800 | valid |
| What organization is the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute a part of? | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | Audit Officer, Sh. Md Majid Ali Ansari, AAO and Sh. Amit Kumar Meena, AAO. 1(a) Overview of the Audited Entity CSIR-Central Road Research Institute was established in 1952. It is a constituent of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and engaged in carrying out research and development projects on design, construction and maintenance of roads and runways, traffic and transportation planning of mega and medium cities, management of roads in different terrains, improvement of marginal materials, utilization of industrial waste in road construction landslide control, ground improvements road traffic analysis & design, wind, fatigue, performance monitoring/ evaluation. service life assessment and rehabilitation of highway & railway bridges. The institute provides technical services to various user organizations in India and abroad. | 196 | relationship | 0.970 | It is a constituent of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and engaged in carrying out research and development projects on design, construction and maintenance of roads and runways, traffic and transportation planning of mega and medium cities, management of roads in different terrains, improvement of marginal materials, utilization of industrial waste in road construction landslide control, ground improvements road traffic analysis & design, wind, fatigue, performance monitoring/ evaluation. | ||||
| What kind of services are offered by the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute? | technical services to various user organizations in India and abroad | Audit Officer, Sh. Md Majid Ali Ansari, AAO and Sh. Amit Kumar Meena, AAO. 1(a) Overview of the Audited Entity CSIR-Central Road Research Institute was established in 1952. It is a constituent of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and engaged in carrying out research and development projects on design, construction and maintenance of roads and runways, traffic and transportation planning of mega and medium cities, management of roads in different terrains, improvement of marginal materials, utilization of industrial waste in road construction landslide control, ground improvements road traffic analysis & design, wind, fatigue, performance monitoring/ evaluation. service life assessment and rehabilitation of highway & railway bridges. The institute provides technical services to various user organizations in India and abroad. | 785 | summary | 0.970 | The institute provides technical services to various user organizations in India and abroad. | 3 | page=3,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is the primary aim of the training programs conducted by the CSIR-Central Road Research Institute? | capacity building of human resources in the area of highway Engineering to undertake and execute roads and runway projects | For capacity building of human resources in the area of highway Engineering to undertake and execute roads and runway projects, Institute has the competence to organize National & International Training Programmes continuing education courses since 1962 to disseminate the R&D finding to the masses. Vision © ‘To become a Global Leader to Enrich and Integrate Research, Innovation, Development and their Application to Meet the Challenges of the Road Transportation Sector”. Mission | 4 | summary | 0.970 | For capacity building of human resources in the area of highway Engineering to undertake and execute roads and runway projects, Institute has the competence to organize National & International Training Programmes continuing education courses since 1962 to disseminate the R&D finding to the masses. | 3 | page=3,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is one of the objectives of research on roads and runways? | effecting economy and achieving serviceability. | To carry out basic and applied research, in line with the national priorities for investigation, construction and maintenance of different types of.roads © and runway, including related material such as aggregates, bitumen, cement, etc. with a view to effecting economy and achieving serviceability. : 3. To develop appropriate tools, machinery, equipment and instruments for adopting technologies as related to highway engineering and relevant to the country to achieve indigenous self-sufficiency. 4. out research on the performance of different types of roads under varying climatic and traffic conditions. 5. To carry out research and development in all aspects of road traffic and transportation engineering, including study of accidents, development of road safety measure, psychology of road users and transportation economics as related to different forms of 6. | 252 | summary | 0.970 | with a view to effecting economy and achieving serviceability. : 3. | 4 | page=4,ocr=1 | 0.700 | valid |
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