Ministry of Defence Army Air Force Navy Coast Guard Ordnance Factories Border Road Organisation Defence Research & Development Organisation Indian Defence Estates Services Indian Defence Accounts Services Defence Secretariat Service Department of Defence Production Integrated Financial Advice and Control • Ministry of Defence and the Services have a full-fledged internal financial control system in place headed by the Secretary (Defence Finance) • This responsibility is discharged through the Defence Accounts Department with the Controller General of Defence Accounts as its head. • Scrutinize all proposals involving expenditure from the Public Fund. • Provide financial advisory services to Ministry of Defence and the Services at all levels • Treasury control of the Defence expenditure. • The internal audit and accounting. Financial Aspects and Budgetary Management • The budgetary allocations of the Ministry of Defence are contained under eight Demands for Grants of which six grants are included under Defence Service Estimates and two under Civil Grants. • Civil Grants – Demand No. 20 - Ministry of Defence (Civil) – Demand No. 21 - Defence Pensions. • Defence Service Estimates – – – – – Demand No.22, Defence Service - Army Demand No. 23, Defence Services - Navy Demand No. 24, Defence Services - Air Force Demand No. 25, Defence Ordnance Factories Demand No. 26, Defence Services - Research & Development – Demand No. 27, Capital Outlay on Defence Services –Includes all Services and Departments other than those covered above Budget allocation and Actual expenditure (Rs. in Crore) • Year • • • • • 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Budget Provision 1,25,414.04 1,48,499.26 1,56,126.83 1,78,891.06 1,98,525.90 Actual Expenditure 1,18,006.03 1,45,781.04 1,58,723.20 1,75,897.94 1,87,469.00 Army Commands • HQrs Northern Command, Jammu • HQrs Western Command, Chandimandir • HQrs Eastern Command Fort William Kolkata • HQrs Southern Command, Pune • Central Command, Lucknow • HQrs South Western Command Jaipur • Army Training Command Shimla • Andman and Nicobar Command Port Blair • Each command is headed by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Lt General Army structure • Each Command has 3 Corps commanded GOC (Corps Commander) - Lt General • Each Corps is composed of 3-4 Divisions commanded by GOC (Div Commander) – Major General • Each Div has 3-4 Brigade consisting of 3000 combats commanded by Brigadier • Each Brigade has three Bn each commanded by Colonel • Each Bn has four companies commanded by Major or Lt Col • Each Company has three platoon commanded by JCO • Platoon composed of three sections each of 10 personnel commanded by Havaldar • Striking Corps 1,2, 21 (Pakistan facing) and 17 (China Facing) Pannagarh at present at Ranchi • Infantry Regiments Brigade of the Guards, Kampti Parachute Regiment, Banglore Mechanised Infantry Regiment, Ahmed Nagar Punjab Regiment, Ramgarh Jharkhand The Madras Regiment The Grenadiers Maratha Light Infantry Rajputana Rifles, Delhi Cantt Rajput Regiment Jat Regiment Sikh Regiment Sikh Light Infantry Dogra Regiment The Garhwal Rifles Kumaon Regiment Assam Regiment Bihar Regiment Mahar Regiment Jammu & Kashmir Rifles Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry Naga Regiment 1 Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) 3 Gorkha Rifles 4 Gorkha Rifles 5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 8 Gorkha Rifles 9 Gorkha Rifles 11 Gorkha Rifles Ladakh Scouts Rashtriya Rifles Arunachal Scouts Sikkim Scouts Ladakh Scouts, Artillery, and Armoured Regiments Auxiliary services Military Engineer Services Army Medical Corps Military Dairy Farms Army Ordnance Corps Directorate General Resettlement Directorate General Defence Estates Directorate of Public Relations Canteen Stores Department Army Purchase Organisation Services Sports Control Board Directorate General Quality Assurance Armed Forces Films and Photo Division History Division, Ministry of Defence College of Defence Management Border Roads Development Board/ Border Roads Organisation Armed Forces Supply Corps Station HQrs NCC Army Education Corps Army Armoured Corps Army Corps of Signal Education & Training Armed Forces Medical College, Pune Rashtriya Military School, Ajmer Rashtriya Military School, Bangalore Rashtriya Military School, Balgaum Rashtriya Military School, Chail Dholpur Military School Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun Sainik School Amaravathinagar,(Tamil Nadu) Ambikapur, (Chatisgarh), Balachadi, Jamnagar Bhubaneswar Bijapur,(Karnatka) Chittorgarh, Ghorakhal, (Nainital) Goalpara (Assam), Kapurthala , Kazhakootam( Thiruvananthapuram), Kodagu(Karnatka), Korukonda (Vizianagaram AP), Kunjpura (Karral), Lucknow Manasbal, Nagrota, Nalanda, Punglwa (Peren, Nagarland), Purulia, Rewa, Sujanpur Tihra (Near Distt Harmirpur HP, Tilaiya (Jarkhand) TriService Defence Services Staff College, Wellington National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla National Defence College, New Delhi Indian Army Army Cadet College, (Siachen Battalion) Dehradun Army War College College of Military Engineering Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School Vairengte Mizoram High Altitude Warfare School Indian Military Academy Military College of Telecommunication Engineering Officers Training Academy Air Force Air Force Academy Indian Air Force Test Pilot School Army Lieutenant 15600-39100 5400 Captain 15600-39100 6100 Major 15600-39100 6600 Lt Colonel 37400-67000 8000 Colonel 37400-67000 8700 Brigadier 37400-67000 8900 Major General 37400-67000 10000 Lt. General 67000 (AI @ 3%)- 79000 Nil Vice Chiefs/ Army Commander 80000 (Fixed) Chief of Army Staff 90000 (Fixed) Military Service Pay Rs.6000 upto rank of Brigadier Pilot Officer AIR FORCE Flying Officer Airman Flight Lieutnant Leading Aircrafts man Squadron Leader Corporal Wing Commander Sergeant Group Captain Junior Warrant Officer Air Commodore Warrant Officer Air Vice Marshal Master Warrant Officer Air Marshal Air Chief Marshal Indian Navy Admiral Vice Admiral Rear Admiral Commodore Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Four Services Indian Army Indian Air Force Indian Navy Field Marshal Marshal of the Air Force Admiral of the Fleet General Air Chief Marshal Coast Guard Admiral Director General Lieutenant General Air Marshal Vice Admiral Additional Director General Major General Air Vice Marshal Rear Admiral Inspector General Brigadier Air Commodore Commodore Deputy Inspector General (Senior) Colonel Group Captain Captain Deputy Inspector General (Junior) Lieutenant Colonel Wing Commander Commander Commandant Major Squadron Leader Lieutenant Commander Commandant (Junior Grade) Captain Flight Lieutenant Lieutenant Deputy Commandant Lieutenant Flying Officer Sub-Lieutenant Assistant Commandant Kodandera Madappa Cariappa and Sam Maneksha Arjan Singh Army Pay Band Grade Pay Air Force Navy Sepoy 5200-20200 1800 Airman Seaman II Lance Naik 5200-20200 2000 Leading Aircraftsman Seaman 1 Naik 5200-20200 2400 Corporal Leading Seaman Havaldar 5200-20200 2800 Sergeant Petty Officer Nb Sub 9300-34800 4200 Junior Warrant Officer Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer (2nd Class) Subedar 9300-34800 4600 Warrant Officer Sub Major 9300-34800 4800 Master Warrant Officer In addition MSP @ Rs. 2000/- pm Master Chief Petty Officer (1st Class) Comptroller & Auditor General of India Defence Audit States Audit Post & Telegraph Audit Railway Audit etc Delhi Cantt Principal Director of Audit Chandigarh Jammu (NC) Meerut (CC) Army Director General of Defence Services, New Delhi Allahabad Patna (EC) Defence Audit Navy and Coast Guard Principal Director of Audit, Navy , New Delhi Principal Director of Audit , SC, Pune Chennai Principal Director of Audit, Defence Services, Navy Mumbai Visakhapatnam Dehradun Air Force Principal Director of Audit, Air Force, New Delhi Bangalore Jabalpur Ordnance Factories Principal Director of Audit Ordnance Factories, ColKatta Kanpur Chennai Supreme Audit Institutions • Regularly reviewing the work of internal auditors and helping improve the overall quality of the oversight function ƒ • Cooperating with internal auditors in planning audit coverage and using the work of the internal auditor, wherever feasible, to reduce duplication and • Impressing upon governments the criticality of the internal control function, including the role of internal audit therein Authority for Audit • The authority for our audit is derived from Articles 149 and 151 of the Constitution of India and the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) (DPC) Act, 1971. • We conduct audit of Ministries/Departments of the Government of India under Section 13 of the CAG’s (DPC) Act. • Major Cantonment Boards are audited under Section 14 of the said Act. • Principles and methodology of compliance audit are prescribed in the “Regulations of Audit and Accounts, 2007”. Planning and Conduct of Audit • Risk assessment of the Organisation based on – – – – expenditure incurred, criticality and complexity of activities, level of delegated financial powers, assessment of overall internal controls, and concerns of stakeholders. – previous audit findings Contd… • Local Test Audit Reports (LTARs) containing audit findings are issued to the Head of the unit. • Furnish of replies to the audit findings within a month • Important audit observations arising out of these LTARs are processed for inclusion in the audit reports. • The reports are submitted to the President of India under Article 151 of the Constitution of India. • The primary purpose of the report is to bring to the notice of the legislature • Important results of audit. • Commensurate with the volume and magnitude of transactions. • Enable the Executive to take corrective actions as also frame policies and directives that will lead to • Improved financial management of the Organisations, thus contributing to better governance and improved operational preparedness. Five Tier Classification • Sectors Major Heads (Sub-Major Head in case of Capital Outlay) Minor Heads Sub-Heads Detailed Heads Scrutiny and Certification of Appropriation Accounts of the Defence Services • The number and/or nomenclature of the Grant/Appropriation have been mentioned correctly; • The heads of account mentioned in the Accounts are authorised ones • The sub-heads have been grouped separately in the ‘Revenue’ and ‘Capital’ Sections and ‘Charged’ and ‘Voted’ figures have been shown distinctly • The original provisions, supplementary provisions and amounts re-appropriated or surrendered have been exhibited correctly • Gross figures of expenditure have been adopted in cases where recoveries by debit to heads of account under a different Grant/Appropriation are adjusted in reduction of expenditure Contd… • Excesses and savings have been explained in all cases according to the monetary limits prescribed and wanting information, if any, has been called for • The facts and figures mentioned in various “Notes” are correct • The grant-wise details of estimates and actual recoveries adjusted in reduction of expenditure have been prepared correctly • the amounts exhibited in the accounts tally with those shown in the Finance Accounts; and the amounts shown in the Grant Summary of Appropriation Accounts agree with grant-wise details of recoveries, and reconciliation of the expenditure in the Appropriation Accounts with that reflected in the Finance Accounts has been worked out correctly in the Grant Summary • • • • • • Contd… Whether all-important variations under the units of appropriation have been explained Whether any explanation requires modification or comment as a result of audit Whether the re-appropriation of money from one head to another is as per rules in vogue Funds should not be appropriated or re-appropriated to meet the expenditure on New Services/New instrument of Services etc Whether there is any rush of expenditure in the March, i.e; the closing month of the financial year Surrenders have been made in time wherever foreseen without waiting till the end of the financial year to meet the requirements of possible future excesses Contd… • All re-appropriations exceeding the limit of 25 per cent of Budget Estimates or Re. 1 crore or more under a sub head, had the prior approval of Secretary (Expenditure)/Additional Secretary (Expenditure), Ministry of Finance • Whether all such re-appropriations had been reported to the Parliament along with the last batch of Supplementary Demands for grants for their reflection in the Annexure to the last batch of Supplementary Grants • In terms of Rule 56(3) of General Financial Rules, 2005, rush of expenditure, particularly in the closing months of the financial year, shall be regarded as a breach of financial propriety and shall be avoided. • Rule 58(1) of General Financial Rules 2005 enjoins that a subordinate authority incurring the expenditure will be responsible for ensuring that the allotment placed at its disposal is not exceeded. • Non-inclusion of Value Added Tax in the quote resulting in non recovery of Value Added Tax / Central sales Tax paid – Rs. 5.51 crore by BEML • Non-recovery of Statutory duties (Excise Duty) of Rs1.31 crore from MoR by BEML. The duty was levied during period of supply False claim of Dip Money All qualified divers of the Indian Navy, belong to a specialised cadre, and are entitled to “Diving Allowance” and “Dip Money”. Indian Naval Diving Team (INDT), Delhi is equipped with one ReCompressed Chamber of a capacity of eight divers to facilitate practice diving. However, between September 2008 and July 2011, on more than one occasion, 9 to 65 divers simultaneously were indicated to have made practice diving in a chamber with a capacity of only eight divers. Weak internal controls, improper document maintenance and falsification of official records at INDT (Delhi) led to an incorrect payment of Rs.10.24 lakh as Dip Money. Inadmissible payment of Bonus Irregular payment of Field Service Allowances Undue benefit of Rs.0.68 crore to private firms due to non-recovery of Service Tax by VRDE and payment of the same out of Resource Generation Fund Irregular payment of interest on procurement of Bofors Guns/ Ammunition Books Scale of Accommodation Scale of Furniture Ration Scale Ammunition Master Key Peace Establishment/War Establishment Military Service Establishment Regulation Pay & Allowances Regulation for JCOs/ORs Pay & Allowances Regulation for the Officer Armed Forces Ordnance Regulation Purchase Manual General Financial Rules Defence Account Code Classification Hand Book Defence Services