annual report 2009-10 - IRDA

ANNUAL REPORT 2009-10Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India on theAccounts of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (lRDA)for the year ended 31st March 2010.We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Authority)as on 31 March 2010 and Income & Expenditure Account / Receipts & Payments Account for the year ended onthat day under Section 19(2) of the Comptroller & Auditor General’s (Duties, Powers & Conditions of Service)Act, 1971 read with Section 17(2) of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999. Thesefinancial statements are the responsibility of the Authority’s management. Our responsibility is to express anopinion on these financial statements based on our audit.2. This Separate Audit Report contains the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)on the accounting treatment only with regard to classification conformity with the best accounting practice,accounting standards and disclosure norms, etc. Audit observations on financial transactions with regardto compliance with the Law, Rules & Regulations (Propriety and Regularity) and efficiency-cum-performanceaspects, etc., if any are reported through Inspection Report / CAG’s Audit Reports separately.3. We have conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in India. Thesestandards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether thefinancial statements are free from material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,evidences supporting the amounts and disclosure in the financial statements. An audit also includesassessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well asevaluating the overall presentation of financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonablebasis for our opinion.4. Based on our audit, we report that:(i)(ii)We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purpose of our audit;The Balance Sheet and Income & Expenditure Account / Receipts & Payments Account dealt withby this report have not been drawn up in the common format of accounts prescribed by Ministry ofFinance.(iii) In our opinion, proper books of accounts and other relevant records have been maintained by theInsurance Regulatory and Development Authority as required under Section 17(1) of InsuranceRegulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 in so far as it appears from our examination ofsuch books.(iv)We further report that:A. Balance SheetA.l.LiabilitiesA.l.1. IRDA FundThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999 provides that all Government grants,fees and charges received by the Authority be credited to the Insurance Regulatory and Development221