Indian Govt Must Support Enterprises Not Entrepreneurs: CAG


He said: "Should we as public auditors limit our role to placing reports in Parliament or go beyond that and seek to sensitise public opinion on our audit observations especially so in social sector audits such as rural health, primary education, water pollution, environment, drinking water etc."

Maintaining that the auditing of government and public entities has a positive impact on trust in society, Rai said: "It focuses the minds of the custodians of the public purse to use resources effectively, as they know that after audit scrutiny, the public will be aware of their actions.

CAG's role, Rai said, has evolved as from "being a bunch of fault finders who are often wiser by hindsight, we now recognise and report good practices that we observe during audit".

The public auditor, he said, was as much engaged in the business of upgrading public governance as any other agency in the administration.

"We do not subscribe to the We-They concept and hold ourselves to be on the same side of the table as the executive. Our audits have undergone a cultural change. We now engage in positive reporting," Rai said.

Observing that it was imperative for public auditor to appear objective and trustworthy, he said, "we can only deserve trust if we are judged as credible, competent and independent and can be held accountable for our operations".

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Source: PTI