MoP - Ministry of Power

CHAPTER - 23
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES
23.1 OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS
The Secretary is the Chief Accounting Authority. The office
of Controller of Accounts functions under overall supervision
of Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser. The office is headed
by the Controller of Accounts with one Deputy Controller
of Accounts/Assistant Controller of Accounts and seven
working Pay & Accounts Officers responsible for making
all the payments, expenditure control, Internal Audit and
accounting of all the receipts/payments. Out of these one
Pay and Accounts office is stationed in Bangalore and one
is the in-charge of the Internal Audit Wing. The Principal
Accounts Office is responsible for consolidation of monthly
Accounts of all the Pay & Accounts Offices for the
preparation of Appropriation Account, Statement of Central
Transactions (SCT) and Finance Account on annual
basis for submission to the Controller General of Accounts
( CGA ) Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance .It
is also responsible for the compilation of various datas and
generation of report for submission to Ministry of Finance ,
Power , O\O C& AG and CGA etc.
The Office of Controller of Accounts also brings out an
annual accounting booklet called ‘Accounts at a Glance’
which contains total transactions of the Ministry and its
various organizations. It gives a brief overview of Accounting
trends. The office of the Controller of Accounts is also
responsible for preparing the Receipt Budget of the Ministry.
Internal Audit Wing
Performance of the Internal Audit Wing during the year 2006-07 is as under :
The Internal Audit Wing ensures adoption of sound
procedure, regularities and financial propriety of
transactions of accounts. This Wing advises the DDOs
and their staff for correct implementation of rules and
maintenance of proper records. I.A.W. also pursues the
settlement of objections raised by Statutory Audit.
Year (Accounts No. of Units No. of Paras No. of Paras No. of Paras
Due for audit due/inspected raised settled outstanding upto
during 2006-07) 30-11-2007
2006-07 20/18 110 42 159
AUDIT OBSERVATIONS
The Organisation-wise break up of Outstanding Audit Observations and Inspection Reports as on 30-11-2007, for the
financial year 2006-07 is as under.
S.No. Organisation No. of Inspection No. of Paras
Reports
1. Ministry of Power 2 12
2. Central Electricity Authority 17 114
3. Controller of Accounts
(1) PAO. CEA, N. Delhi 1 04
(2) PR.A.O (Admn) N. Delhi 1 14
(3) PAO, BMCC, New Delhi 1 01
(4) PAO, CEA, Bangalore 1 08
(5) PAO, Sectt. New Delhi 1 06
Total 24 159
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