CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS (CGA)

Aug. 2, 2019

Girraj Prasad Gupta has been appointed as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) with effect from August 1, 2019.

About: 

  • Parent agency: Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. 

  • What is it? It is the Principal Accounting Adviser to Government of India and is responsible for establishing and maintaining a technically sound Management Accounting System. 

  • functions: 
    • The Office of CGA prepares monthly and annual analysis of expenditure, revenues, borrowings and various fiscal indicators for the Union Government. 

    • Under Article 150 of the Constitution, the Annual Appropriation Accounts (Civil) and Union Finance Accounts are submitted to Parliament on the advice of Comptroller and Auditor General of India. 

    • Along with these documents, an M.I.S Report titled 'Accounts at a Glance’ is prepared and circulated to Hon’ble Members of Parliament.

    • It is is also responsible for coordination and monitoring the progress of submission of corrective/remedial action taken notes (ATNs) on the recommendations contained in Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) reports as well as the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) reports through its web based Audit Para Monitoring System (APMS).



Source : PIB

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