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Comptroller and Auditor General of India: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is an independent authority established by the Indian constitution to audit all receipts and expenditures of the government of India and state governments. The CAG also audits government-owned companies and reports to Public Accounts Committees in the Indian parliament and state legislatures. The current CAG is Vinod Rai, appointed in 2008.

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is an independent authority established by the Indian constitution to audit all receipts and expenditures of the government of India and state governments. The CAG also audits government-owned companies and reports to Public Accounts Committees in the Indian parliament and state legislatures. The current CAG is Vinod Rai, appointed in 2008.

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Comptroller and Auditor General of


India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India (Hindi: भारत के िनयं�क-
महाले खापरी�क) is an authority, established by the Constitution of India, who audits
all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the state
governments, including those of bodies and authorities substantially financed by
the government. The CAG is also the external auditor of government-owned
companies. The reports of the CAG are taken into consideration by the Public
Accounts Committees, which are special committees in the Parliament of India
and the state legislatures . The CAG of India is also the head of the Indian Audits
and Accounts Service, which has over 58,000 employees across the country.

The current CAG of India is Vinod Rai, who was appointed on 7 January 2008.
He is the 11th CAG of India.

Contents
1 Indian Audits and Accounts Service
2 Scope of audits
3 List of Comptrollers and Auditors General of India
4 External links

Indian Audits and Accounts Service


Main article: Indian Audits and Accounts Service

The Constitution of India [Art.148] provides for an independent office of the CAG
of India. He is the head of Indian Audit and Accounts Departments. His duty is to
uphold the constitution of India and laws of Parliament in the field of financial
administration. CAG is appointed by President of India by a warrant under his
hand and seal.

Scope of audits
Audit of government accounts (including the accounts of the state governments)
in India is entrusted to the CAG of India who is empowered to audit all
expenditure from the revenues of the union or state governments, whether

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incurred within India or outside. Specifically, audits include:

Transactions relating to debt, deposits, remittances, Trading, and


manufacturing
Profit and loss accounts and balance sheets kept under the order of the
President or Governors
Receipts and stock accounts.

List of Comptrollers and Auditors General of


India

Comptroller and Auditor General Year tenure Year tenure


No.
of India began ended
1 V. Narahari Rao 1948 1954
2 A. K. Chanda 1954 1960
3 A. K. Roy 1960 1966
4 S. Ranganathan 1966 1972
5 A. Bakshi 1972 1978
6 Gian Prakash 1978 1984
7 T. N. Chaturvedi 1984 1990
8 C. G. Somiah 1990 1996
9 V. K. Shunglu 1996 2002
10 V. N. Kaul 2002 2008
11 Vinod Rai 2008 present

External links
"Official website of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India"
(http://cag.gov.in/) . http://cag.gov.in/. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org
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