India, Feb. 18 -- Government auditor CAG has pulled up NLC India for operating one of its mines without a valid environmental clearance. In its report, recently tabled in Parliament, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said that NLC India (Neyveli Lignite Corporation of India Limited) operated its Mine-II without a valid Environmental Clearance (EC) due to the company's delay in seeking EC re-validation.

The audit highlighted that the delay in seeking EC revalidation post a Supreme Court order in August 2017 and a Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) notification in April 2018 resulted in unauthorised operations at the mine.

The Audit Report, which contains results of the Performance Audit on 'Oper...