{"id":11290,"date":"2024-12-27T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T00:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11290"},"modified":"2025-03-30T01:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T20:12:35","slug":"about-comptroller-and-auditor-general-of-india-cag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-comptroller-and-auditor-general-of-india-cag\/","title":{"rendered":"About Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)<\/strong>, under <strong>Article 148<\/strong> of the Indian Constitution, plays a pivotal role in the financial administration of the country.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>CAG is the guardian of the public purse<\/strong>, ensuring accountability and transparency in the management of public funds at both the <strong>Central and State levels<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>CAG safeguards the Constitution and parliamentary laws<\/strong>, upholding financial discipline.<\/li>\n<li>It is a key institution for promoting <strong>accountability<\/strong> and ensuring <strong>checks and balances<\/strong> in a <strong>democratic system<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Constitutional and Legal Provisions for the CAG<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Article 148<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Appointment<\/strong>: The <strong>President appoints<\/strong> the CAG under his\/her hand and seal.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tenure and Conditions<\/strong>: Determined by Parliament; CAG cannot hold further office under Central or State governments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Independence<\/strong>: Salary, allowances, and pensions are charged to the <strong>Consolidated Fund of India (CFI)<\/strong>, ensuring autonomy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duties and Powers<\/strong> (<strong>Article 149)<\/strong>: Parliament prescribes the <strong>CAG&#8217;s powers and functions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Form of Accounts (Article 150)<\/strong>: Prescribes the manner of keeping accounts for the <strong>Union and States<\/strong> on the <strong>President\u2019s advice<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Submission of Reports (Article 151)<\/strong>: Reports on Union accounts are submitted to the <strong>President<\/strong> and placed before <strong>Parliament<\/strong>. Reports on State accounts are submitted to the <strong>Governor<\/strong> and placed before the respective <strong>State Legislature<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certification of Net Proceeds (Article 279)<\/strong>: CAG certifies the net proceeds of taxes and duties, which is final and binding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CAG\u2019s (Duties, Powers, and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tenure<\/strong>: Six years or until the age of 65, whichever is earlier.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Removal<\/strong>: Follows the procedure for removing a Supreme Court judge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Resignation<\/strong>: Addressed to the President.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service Conditions<\/strong>: Cannot be varied to the CAG&#8217;s disadvantage after appointment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1. What are the 11 constitutional bodies?<\/h3>\n<p>The 11 constitutional bodies in India are ECI, UPSC, SPSC, FCI (Finance Commission), GST Council, NCSC, NCST, NCBC, Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities, CAG and AGI.<\/p>\n<h3>Q2. How do constitutional bodies differ from statutory bodies?<\/h3>\n<p>Constitutional bodies are established by the Constitution and derive their powers from it, while statutory bodies are created by laws passed by Parliament or state legislatures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Delhi\/uncertainty-looms-over-delhi-assembly-special-session-to-table-cag-reports\/article69030790.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CAG is the guardian of the public purse, ensuring accountability and transparency in the management of public funds at both the Central and State levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}