CAG is the watchdog of India when it comes to the spending of the funds by the Government. CAG openly declares on the waste expenditure and also the right spending of the respective state Government.
The reports of the CAG are placed on the tables of the respective state Assembly during the sessions. This is where the opposition comes to know about the misappropriation of funds by the ruling Governments.
“At a ceremony held today at 10 am in the Ganatantra Mandap,Rashtrapati Bhavan, K Sanjay Murthy was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
He made and subscribed to the oath of office before the President,”the President’s office said in a statement. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, among others, were present at the oath-taking ceremony.
Higher Education Secretary K Sanjay Murthy was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India by President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday. Murthy, a 1989 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre, succeeds Girish Chandra Murmu.
