New Delhi, July 30 -- Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson and senior Congress leader KC Venugopal on Thursday flagged significant shortcomings in the Power Ministry's execution of the rural electrification program, stating that the parliamentary panel has issued clear-cut directives to plug policy and implementation gaps.

Speaking to ANI outside Parliament following a high-level committee meeting, Venugopal highlighted that the audit report tabled before the panel brought to light several bottlenecks, notably delays in plan submissions.

"Today we discussed the audit report on the power ministry relating to the rural electrification program. There are many shortcomings, delays in submitting plans. Everything has been...