40th Civil Accounts Day to be Celebrated on 1st March 2016 in the National Capital; Best Performing Principal Accounts Officers (Pr.AOS)/Pay And Accounts Officers (PAOS) to be Awarded on the Occasion

40th Civil Accounts Day will be celebrated on 1st March 2016 in the national capital. The office of Controller General of Accounts (CGA) is organizing a function at Vigyan Bhawan to mark the occasion. The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee will be the Chief Guest and the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley will preside the said function to be held on 1st March to celebrate the 40th Civil Accounts Day.  Continuing the practice of giving away awards to the best performing Principal Accounts Officers (Pr.AOs)/Pay and Accounts Officers (PAOs), the following awards will be presented on this occasion: 

• Best Performing Principal Accounts Office (3 awards)
• Best Performing PAO Unit (8 awards -2 each for 4 regions)
• Best Internal Audit Unit (3 awards ) and 
• Award for Outstanding Initiatives (3 awards)

Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance will give away these awards during the Valedictory Session in the evening on the same day.

The Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) was constituted in 1976, consequent to a historical reform in public financial administration when the maintenance of Accounts of the Union Government was separated from that of Audit.  Consequently, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India was divested with this responsibility.  Two Ordinances i.e., The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 1976 and Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Ordinance, 1976 were promulgated by the President of India on March 1, 1976 to initiate the process of separation of accounts from audit and paving the way for departmentalized accounts.  Both Ordinances were replaced by two Acts of Parliament which were notified on April 6, 1976. <br><br>

The Controller General of Accounts (CGA) is assisted by the Officers of the Indian Civil Accounts Service, and is the Principal Advisor on accounting matters to the Union Government.

Controller General of Accounts (CGA) is -

•       The Principal Advisor on Accounting matters to the Union Government
•       Responsible for establishing and managing a technically sound Management Accounting System
•       Responsible for preparation and submission of the accounts of the Union Government
•       Responsible for exchequer control and internal audits