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JURYShri J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, DeitYDr. B. K. Gairola, Mission Director (e-Gov) DeitYShri Rajiv Gauba, Additional Secretary, DeitYShri Arun Jha, Additional Secretary, DARPGProf. (Dr. ) M. P. Gupta, Department of Management Studies, IIT DelhiShri Pradeep Gupta, CMD, Cyber Media (India) Pvt. Ltd.Smt. Neeta Verma, Deputy Director General, NICSmt. Rama Vedashree, Vice-President, NASSCOM8 | informatics.nic.in | January 2013
E-Gov Products & ServicesALFA - AUTOMATION OF LOCAL FUND AUDITBRINGING TRANSPARENCY IN INTERNAL AUDITThe Automation ofLocal Fund Audit(ALFA) is to providemore fiscal disciplineand efficiency in auditprocess. The launch ofALFA has brought in amore transparent,efficient and accurateAudit Process alongwith basic citizenservices.MINATI SAHOOTechnical Directorm.sahoo@nic.inDILIP KUMAR JENATechnical Directordk.jena@nic.inEdited byR. GAYATRILocal Fund Audit (LFA) is theInternal Audit Organisationof Government of Odishafunctioning under theadministrative control ofFinance Department since 1948 as per theOLFA Act passed by the State Legislature.The Organization undertakes audit ofGovernment / Grant-in-Aid institutions,Panchayat Samities, Urban Local Bodies,Aided Colleges, High Schools, ZillaParishadas, Gram Panchayatas, MESchools, Endowment, Universities andDevelopment Authorities etc. At present16,316 numbers of Auditee institutions arebeing audited by this organization.Since the transactions at Auditeeinstitutions are increasing day by day, it isnot possible to make proper check andbalance of accounts. ALFA, the web basedsolution, is a successful initiative toautomate major activities of theorganisation for easy monitoring by thehigher authorities and achieve requiredtarget in time.STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDEl Local Fund Audit Organisation, Govt. ofOdishal 16316 Auditee Institutionsl District Collectorsl Accountants General, OdishaCHALLENGES / ISSUESl In every financial year it becomes verydifficult to prepare a correct Annual AuditProgramme taking around 670 AuditPersonnel, 16316 Audit Institutions alongwith numbers of previous pending year ofAccounts.l The current Audit Progress is not readilyavailable as there is lot of delay in receiptof Daily Diary from Audit Parties.l Managing the tour programme of allReviewers in all District Audit Officesneeds a large number of file worksl The Audit Report Format for all 19different categories of Institutions aredifferent leading to loss of clarity in AuditReport.Keeping the above Issues in view thefollowing scope was fixed.SCOPE OF THE PRODUCTl Streamlining the LFA activitiesl Systematization of Audit workflowl Standardized formats of audit reportsl Ensure transparency and accuracyl Timely preparation of an accurateAnnual Plan Programmel Easy tracking of the audit programexecutionl Monitoring Weekly Diary of Auditorsl Monitoring of Tour Programmel Better access to audit reportsl Monitoring Compilation activityl Faster surcharge processingl Automation of Misc. Reports onInstitutional Auditl Audit report preservationl Financial Year Ending activity processetc.PROCESSES REENGINEEREDl One of the major changes is brought inby introduction of a Common AuditReport Format for all different 19categories of Audited Institutions. This hasimproved the clarity of the report and thuseasy analysis by higher authorities fordeciding further course of action.l Online preparation and submission ofAnnual Audit Programme by all DistrictAudit Offices for online approval at HeadQuarter levell Online Submission of Daily Diary by allAuditorsl Online Tour programme submission byall Reviewers / DAOs and approval of thesame at Head Quarter levelJanuary 2013 | informatics.nic.in | 9
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