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President Mukherjee to inaugurate Accountants' General Conference on Monday

President Mukherjee to inaugurate Accountants' General Conference on Monday

India Blooms News Service | | 25 Oct 2014, 06:52 pm
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IBNS): President Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the Accountants General Conference here on Monday.

The three-day Conference is being organized by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the theme of ‘Promoting Good Governance and Accountability through Public Audit’.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman, K V Thomas and CAG of India,Shashi Kant Sharma will also address the Conference.

The Accountants General from all over the country will participate in the conference and will review the international best practices prevalent in audit and accounting practices.

Apart of the main theme, they will hold four brain storming sessions on (i) Emerging Areas of Audit (ii) Measuring the impact of Audit (iii) Capacity Building in IAAD and (iv) Challenges for A&E offices and present their recommendations to the full assembly chaired by the CAG with all the Dy. CAG’s and Addl. Dy. CAG’s present.

A panel discussion has also been organized this time to understand the external views on “Reporting for Public Interest: Value and Impact of CAG’s Audit”. The panelists on the session include K M Chandrashekhar, former Cabinet Secretary, H. K. Dua, eminent journalist and MP, Shri Bibek Debroy, eminent economist and Shri Anand Mahindra, eminent entrepreneur.

Indian Audit and Accounts Department (IA&AD), headed by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, constantly strives to discharge its professional duties, both as an auditor and an accountant, in accordance with the international best practices.

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