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Attorney General For India

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India audits all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and state governments. The CAG is also the external auditor of government-owned corporations and conducts supplementary audits of government companies that are at least 51% owned by central or state governments. The CAG reports are reviewed by Public Accounts Committees in the Indian Parliament and state legislatures. The CAG heads the Indian Audit and Accounts Department and has over 58,000 employees across the country.

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Attorney General For India

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India audits all receipts and expenditures of the Government of India and state governments. The CAG is also the external auditor of government-owned corporations and conducts supplementary audits of government companies that are at least 51% owned by central or state governments. The CAG reports are reviewed by Public Accounts Committees in the Indian Parliament and state legislatures. The CAG heads the Indian Audit and Accounts Department and has over 58,000 employees across the country.

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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India( Hindi: -

) is an authority, established by theConstitution of India under Chapter V,


who audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the state
governments, including those of bodies and authorities substantially financed by the
government. The CAG is also the external auditor of Government-owned
corporations and conducts supplementary audit of government companies, i.e., any nonbanking/ non-insurance company in which the state and Union governments have an
equity share of at least 51 per cent or subsidiary companies of existing government
companies. The reports of the CAG are taken into consideration by the Public Accounts
Committees, which are special committees in the Parliament of India and the state
legislatures. The CAG is also the head of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the
affairs of which are managed by officers of Indian Audit and Accounts Service, and has
over 58,000 employees across the country. The CAG is mentioned in the Constitution of
India under Article 148 151. The CAG is ranked 9th and enjoys the same status as a
judge of Supreme Court of India in Indian order of precedence. The current CAG of India
is Shashi Kant Sharma,[3] who was appointed on 23 May 2013. He is the 12th CAG of
India
The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and its
primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He is appointed by the President of
India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the
President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme
Court. The 14th and current Attorney General is Mukul Rohatgi. He was appointed by
Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. He has been formally appointed as Attorney
General of India with effect from 12 June 2014 and shall have tenure of 3 years.
The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India. The
President is the formal head of the executive, legislatureand judiciary of India and is
the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The President is indirectly
elected by the people through elected members of the Parliament of India (Lok
Sabha and Rajya Sabha) as well as of the Legislative Assemblies in States of India
(Vidhan Sabha) and the two Union Territories, namely Delhi and Puducherry and serves
for a term of five years.Historically, ruling party (majority in the Lok Sabha) nominees
(for example, United Progressive Alliance nominee Pranab Mukherjee) have usually been
elected unanimously. Incumbent presidents are permitted to stand for re-election. A
formula is used to allocate votes so there is a balance between the population of each
state and the number of votes assembly members from a state can cast, and to give an
equal balance between State Assembly members and the members of the Parliament of
India. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, then there is a system by which losing
candidates are eliminated from the contest and their votes are transferred to other
candidates, until one gains a majority. The oath of the President is administered by the
Chief Justice of India, and in his absence, by the most senior judge of the Supreme Court.

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