CAG Audits:
Calendar year 2023, only 18 audit reports on the Union government’s accounts, prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), were tabled in Parliament.
- A year-wise analysis shows that the number of audits on the Union Government tabled in Parliament has been decreasing.
- On average, 22 reports were tabled each year between 2019 and 2023, compared to the 40 reports tabled between 2014 and 2018
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India, is a constitutional authority which heads the Indian Audit and Accounts Department (IA&AD).
- The two entities are known as the Supreme Audit Institution of India (SAI).
- Article 148 provides for an independent office of the CAG
- The CAG is appointed by the president of India by a warrant under his hand and seal
