The CAG has accorded in-principle approval for the creation of specialized cadres — Central Income Audit (CRA) Cadre and Central Expenditure Audit (CEA) Cadre — inside the Indian Audit and Accounts Division, DAI (HR, IR, CDN) Ok Subramaniam mentioned at a media briefing right here.
The scheme will probably be operationalised from January 1, 2026.
At current, the audit of central receipts and expenditure is undertaken by 9 Director Basic (Audit)/Principal Director (Audit) places of work and unique places of work with cadre management dispersed throughout a number of state civil audit places of work and impartial CCAs.
Subramaniam mentioned the centralisation will unify cadre administration, consolidating a number of fragmented cadres into two specialised streams.
The brand new cadres will consolidate over 4,000 audit professionals on the senior audit officer and assistant audit officer ranges.He additional mentioned the CRA cadre will promote specialisation in auditing authorities income collections, and the CEA cadre will concentrate on audit in authorities expenditure.Explaining the advantages of centralisation, Subramaniam mentioned specialisation within the cadre of CRA and CEA will result in deeper area experience in income and expenditure audits.
It is going to additionally cut back the variety of cadre-controlling authorities from 16 for CRA and 19 for CEA to a single central authority for every vertical.
He mentioned all-India switch legal responsibility inside bigger, unified cadres allows clear rotation and improves the probability of periodic postings close to houses, whereas assembly organisational wants.
“All people would have 2-3 alternatives in life to be nearer residence or in a spot which is proximate,” Subramaniam mentioned.
To construct area experience, two separate SAS examination streams will probably be launched, one every for CRA and CEA.
Officers in each cadres will probably be responsible for all-India transfers with their respective domains.
A switch and posting board will probably be constituted to make sure clear and equitable insurance policies primarily based on organisational wants and profession development concerns.
