The second SAI20 Summit under India's G20 Presidency began today in Goa. Girish Chandra Murmu, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, as the Chair of the Supreme Audit Institutions-20 (SAI20) Engagement Group, led the deliberations.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Girish Chandra Murmu, has been re-elected as External Auditor of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a four-year term from 2024 to 2027.
In order to curtail the delays in the tabling of the Annual Accounts of Central Autonomous Bodies in the Parliament, it was agreed that a mechanism will be put in place in Ministries/Departments for monitoring and enforcing the timely submission of Accounts of CABs to Audit.
India's resources have to be efficiently utilised for the country to become a fully developed nation, said Girish Chandra Murmu, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), on Tuesday.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu has expressed that audit reports have assumed immense importance as they induced action from the executive by way of design improvements, mid-course corrections, strengthening systems and even review of certain policies.
According to a statement from L-G office, Delhi L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena said it supported for power subsidy to the poor and reiterated amounts being given to discoms should be audited to ensure non-pilferage.
Speaking at the Annual Accountant General's Conclave, Murmu said that the state must meet its capital expenditure, including loans and advances, from its own sources of revenue, or at the least confine the net debt to its capital expenditure.
This report contains significant results of the performance audit conducted to ascertain the 'Efficacy of Implementation of 74th Constitution Amendment Act, 1992' covering the period from April 2015 to March 2020.
Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Friday announced the full operationalisation of the One IAAD One System (OIOS) workflow system in the audit offices effective from 1 April 2023.
Although, artificial intelligence is an emerging technology today, there are certain downsides for which one needs to have a lot a clarity and ethical use, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India Girish Chandra Murmu said.
Girish Chandra Murmu said, "While AI offers many opportunities, it also raises concerns related to transparency and fairness. These issues include the impact of AI on privacy, bias and discrimination in AI systems, and inadequate understanding of AI algorithms by the general public. These pr