Controller General of Account

Controller General of Account

Subject: Polity

Context: Shri Deepak Das took charge as the new Controller General of Accounts here today. Shri Deepak Das is the 25^th officer to hold the position of Controller General of Accounts (CGA)

Context:

• Controller General of Accounts (CGA), in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, is the Principal Accounting Adviser to Government of India and is responsible for establishing and maintaining a technically sound Management Accounting System.
• The Office of CGA prepares monthly and annual analysis of expenditure, revenues, borrowings and various fiscal indicators for the Union Government.
• The Annual Appropriation Accounts (Civil) and Union Finance Accounts are submitted to Parliament under Article 150 of the Constitution.
• Its statutory mandate {duties and functions} have been defined in the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961, which include:
• • Defining general principles of government accounting {both state and union} and framing rules, manuals, forms etc.
  • Reconciliation of Cash Balance of Union with RBI
  • Overseeing of accounting functions.
  • Administration of Central Treasury Rules
  • Cadre Management of Group A {Civil servants} and Group B {Central Civil Account Offices} and matters related to accounts related group C and D staff.
  • Disbursement of payments of Central Civil Pensioners; Freedom Fighters; High Court Judges; Ex MPs and Ex-Presidents via Public Sector Banks

• 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).