Constitutional bodies not covered elsewhere
Comptroller and Auditor-General (Art. 148-151)
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Appointment, six-year or 65-year term, removal like a judge (Art. 148)
- Duties and powers; form of accounts (Art. 149-150; DPC Act 1971)
- Reports to the President and Governors laid before legislatures (Art. 151)
- CAG as friend of the Public Accounts Committee; no prosecution powers
- Compliance, financial and performance audits
Where to study
The Constitution of India
- Art. 148-151
- Art. 148
- Art. 149-150
- Art. 151
- Art. 151(1)
The Comptroller Auditor-General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971
- CAG's (DPC) Act 1971
- s. 3 Salary
- s. 4 Term of office
- ss. 10-11 Comptroller and Auditor-General to compile and submit accounts of Union and States
- ss. 13-20 Audit (general provisions, receipts, stores, Government companies, other bodies)
- s. 13 General provisions relating to audit
- s. 16 Audit of receipts of Union or of States
- s. 23 Power to make regulations
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 45 Comptroller and Auditor General of India
NCERT Class XI Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 5: Legislature
- p. 19 'What do the Committees of Parliament do?'