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In 1976 a major exercise to integrate accounts with administrative Ministries and Departments was undertaken for all Ministries and Departments of the Union Government and all Union Territories except Andaman and Nicobar Islands. As a result of this a new Accounting Organisation headed by the Controller General of Accounts was created in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure and the task of compilation of the Accounts of the Union Government was entrusted to the C.G.A. An Accounts set-up was formed in each Civil Ministry/Department of the Government of India with the Secretary of the Department as the Chief Accounting Authority discharging his responsibilities with the assistance of the Financial Adviser.
 
 
The office of Controller of Accounts is responsible for:
 
(i) Arranging payments through Pay and Accounts Officers and Cheque Drawing & Disbursing officer of pay and allowance, office contingencies, miscellaneous payments of admissible loans and advances to Govt. servants including Provident Fund claims etc. as well as grant-in-aid and loans sanctioned by the Department.
 
(ii) Arranging Internal Inspection of payment and accounts records maintained by the various subordinate formations and PAOs of the department to ensure that rules, regulations and procedure prescribed by the Govt. are adhered to by these units in their day to day functioning. It provided valuable information to rectify the procedural commissions and deficiencies and thus act as an aid to management. The periodicity of audit is regulated by its nature and volumes of work. Under the recent instructions of the Ministry of Finance, Deptt. Of Expenditure, the internal audit reports are to be submitted to the Secretary of the Ministry.
 
(iii) Compilation and consolidation of the Accounts, preparing Appropriation Accounts and Statement of Central Transaction and the material for the Finance Accounts of the Union Govt. (Civil) for the Ministry and its submission to the Controller General of Accounts for consolidation.
 

(iv) Making available accounts to the concerned authorities for effective budgetary control.

All payments pertaining to the Ministry are made through the Pay and Accounts Officers (PAOs) or though the Cheque Drawing and Disbursing officers (CDDOs). There are 7 (Seven) PAOs, 16 (Sixteen) CDDOs and 27 (Twenty seven) Non-CDDOs in the Ministry of Science & Technology. The non-CDDOs present their claims/bills to the accredited PAO who issue cheques after scrutiny of the bills. The CDDOs are authorised to make payments for salaries and contingent claims after observing the relevant checks. The CDDOs issue Cheques on the basis of Letter of Credit (LoC) issued by the accredited PAOs.

 
(v) Issue of quarterly letter of credit to CDDO, Post Audit of their vouchers.
 
 
 
 
Central Plan Scheme Monitoring System(CPSMS) With reference to CGAs DO Letter No. C-13015(59)/MFCGA/CPSMS/Com.CCAs/09-10/241-277 dated 08/04/2009 regarding Sanction ID generation and Registration of Agencies and Users and subsequent OM No. MST/DCA/Software/2008-09/42 dated 17/04/2009 issued by Principal Account Office of the Ministry of Science & Technology, you are requested to register at Central Plan Scheme Monitoring System (CPSMS) at http://cpsms.nic.in/Users/LoginDetails/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx

Integrated Finance, DDO, Utilisation Software (IFDUS) has been Implemented in DDO DST.
 
 
 
Controller General of Accounts
Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Ministry Of Finance
Department of Science & Technology
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Scientific & Industrial
Research
E-lekha
Ministry of Personnel, PublicGrievances and Pensions
Controller General of Defence Accounts
Institute of Government Accounts and
Central Pension Accounting office
 

 
     

 

 
     
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