Lt Governor addresses closing ceremony of Audit Week at Jammu
JAMMU, NOV24: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha addressed the closing ceremony of ‘Audit Week’ at Convention Centre Jammu, today.
In his address, the Lt Governor appreciated the efforts of the audit community towards transparent and accountable governance.
He said the week-long audit day celebrations provide us with an opportunity to reflect on the critical role the audit community plays in contributing to good governance and shaping the governance landscape of our Nation.
“Public audit ensures that every rupee is well spent for the purpose to bring about a change in the lives of the people standing in the last queue of development,” the Lt Governor said.
One of the earliest institutions established to bring transparency, accountability and honesty in public life is the Institution of Comptroller and Auditor General of India. Our forefathers while drafting the Constitution had a clear opinion that the Auditor General would be the most important officer in the democratic processes, he said.
Baba Saheb Ambedkar had said that the position of the Auditor General is the most important in the Indian Constitution and he will be the only person who will see to it that there is no expenditure in excess of what the Parliament has voted for or what is provided for in the Appropriation Bill of the Parliament, the Lt Governor observed.
The Lt Governor impressed on the Government departments to take quick action on the shortcomings.
In the era of reforms, it should be the endeavor of audit community to present the audit report and necessary facts immediately so that action related to the evaluation of policies and programmes is taken without any delay, he added.
“Audit observation and recommendation should be seen as a guide so that every penny of public exchequer improves the living standards of the common man,” the Lt Governor said.
All officers should change their thinking of looking at audit reports and audit observations as criticism of their work. If you read these reports carefully and follow the recommendations of the audit community, necessary improvements can be brought in governance, he added.
At the ceremony, the Lt Governor talked about the significant change taking place in the administrative and business processes due to e-governance and digital penetration.
