{"id":30260,"date":"2026-07-17T12:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vedantsamachar.in\/?p=30260"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T12:12:46","slug":"cag-director-coal-visits-secl-reviews-mining-operations-and-corporate-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vedantsamachar.in\/?p=30260","title":{"rendered":"CAG Director (Coal) Visits SECL, Reviews Mining Operations and Corporate Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KORBA, July 17: <\/strong>Shri Adarsh Agarwal, Director (Coal), Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India and an officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&amp;AS), visited South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) to review the company&#8217;s mining operations, financial management and governance framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his visit to the SECL Headquarters in Bilaspur on Friday, Shri Agarwal held discussions with SECL Director (Finance) Shri D. 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