Former J&K Lt Guv Girish Chandra Murmu to be new CAG of India

Girish Chandra Murmu, former Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, has named as the new Comptroller and Auditor General of the country. Mr Murmu will succeed Rajiv Mehrishi.

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Key-Points

Girish Chandra Murmu was the first lieutenant governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

He is a 1985 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Gujarat cadre and was principal secretary to Narendra Modi during his tenure as Chief Minister of Gujarat.

In 2001, when Narendra Modi became chief minister of Gujarat, Murmu was the Relief Commissioner.

Comptroller and Auditor General

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is an authority, established by Article 148 of the Constitution of India.

The CAG is also the external auditor of Government-owned corporations and conducts supplementary audit of government companies which Union Government has an equity share of at least 51 per cent or subsidiary companies of existing government companies.

The CAG is mentioned in the Constitution of India under Article 148 – 151.