CAG

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CAG is India’s supreme constitutional authority responsible for auditing government revenues and expenditures to ensure accountability and transparency in public financial management.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional authority ⓘ
supreme audit institution ⓘ
abbreviation CAG ⓘ
appointedBy President of India ⓘ
audits State Government accounts ⓘ
Union Government accounts ⓘ
Union Territories with legislatures ⓘ
bodies substantially financed by government ⓘ
government companies ⓘ
government-owned corporations ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article 148 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme audit institution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
ensures effectiveness in use of public resources ⓘ
efficiency in use of public resources ⓘ
propriety of public expenditure ⓘ
regularity of public expenditure ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of India ⓘ
guarantees independence of audit through constitutional safeguards ⓘ
headOf Indian Audit and Accounts Department ⓘ
headquarters New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
jurisdiction Government of India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalStatus independent authority ⓘ
membership International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ⓘ
monitors implementation of budgetary decisions ⓘ
oversees audit of Contingency Fund of India ⓘ
audit of Public Account of India ⓘ
audit of expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India ⓘ
audit of receipts into the Consolidated Fund of India ⓘ
primaryFunction external audit of public accounts ⓘ
removalProcess similar to a judge of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
reportsTo President of India ⓘ
reportsUsedBy Committee on Public Undertakings of Parliament ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee of Parliament ⓘ
role audits government expenditures ⓘ
audits government revenues ⓘ
ensures accountability in public financial management ⓘ
ensures transparency in public financial management ⓘ
shortName CAG ⓘ
submitsReportsTo Parliament of India ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
termLimit until age 65 years ⓘ
typeOfAudit compliance audit ⓘ
financial audit ⓘ
performance audit ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Comptroller and Auditor General of India → shortName → CAG ⓘ
subject linked to: CAG
Comptroller and Auditor General of India → abbreviation → CAG ⓘ
subject linked to: CAG