Comptroller and Auditor General of India

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constitutional authority supreme audit institution

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the constitutional authority responsible for auditing all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and the state governments to ensure accountability and transparency in public finances.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Indian Audit and Accounts Department	2
CAG of India	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional authority ⓘ supreme audit institution ⓘ
abbreviation	CAG ⓘ
appointedBy	President of India ⓘ
appointmentProcess	appointed by the President of India by warrant under his hand and seal ⓘ
audits	State Government accounts ⓘ Union Government accounts ⓘ Union Territories with legislatures ⓘ government-funded bodies and authorities ⓘ government-owned corporations ⓘ
auditTypesInclude	compliance audit ⓘ financial audit ⓘ performance audit ⓘ
budgetChargedOn	Consolidated Fund of India ⓘ
cannotHold	any other office of profit under the Government of India or a state government ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article 148 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
ensures	proper use of public funds ⓘ regularity and propriety of government expenditure ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of India ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New Delhi, India ⓘ surface form: New Delhi
independenceGuaranteedBy	Constitution of India ⓘ
jurisdiction	State Governments of India ⓘ Union Government ⓘ surface form: Union Government of India Union territories of India ⓘ surface form: Union Territories of India
leads	Comptroller and Auditor General of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Indian Audit and Accounts Department
legalFrameworkIncludes	Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 ⓘ
membership	Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ⓘ International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions ⓘ
oversees	Comptroller and Auditor General of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Indian Audit and Accounts Department
primaryFunction	external audit of government finances ⓘ
publishes	audit reports on State Governments ⓘ audit reports on Union Government ⓘ
removalProcessSimilarTo	Judge of the Supreme Court of India ⓘ
reportsExaminedBy	Committee on Public Undertakings of Parliament ⓘ Public Accounts Committee ⓘ surface form: Public Accounts Committee of Parliament
reportsTo	President of India ⓘ
role	audits all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India ⓘ audits all receipts and expenditures of the state governments of India ⓘ ensures accountability in public finances ⓘ ensures transparency in public finances ⓘ
sector	public finance oversight ⓘ
shortName	Comptroller and Auditor General of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CAG of India
submitsReportsTo	Parliament of India ⓘ state legislatures in India ⓘ
tenure	6 years ⓘ until age 65 years, whichever is earlier ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Government of India → includesBody → Comptroller and Auditor General of India ⓘ

Comptroller and Auditor General of India → leads → Comptroller and Auditor General of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Audit and Accounts Department

Comptroller and Auditor General of India → oversees → Comptroller and Auditor General of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indian Audit and Accounts Department

Comptroller and Auditor General of India → shortName → Comptroller and Auditor General of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CAG of India