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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Need to overhaul government accounting norms, says CR Sundaramurti Committee report

Need to overhaul government accounting norms, says CR Sundaramurti Committee report

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published Published on Jan 27, 2012   modified Modified on Jan 27, 2012
-The Economic Times
 
A government-appointed committee has recommended a complete overhaul of government accounting norms with a view to enforcing transparency and better monitoring of public spending. 

In its report submitted to finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, the C R Sundaramurti Committee has suggested rationalisation and reorganisation of the existing account classification of list of major and minor heads of accounts (LMMHA) of centre and states." 

The proposed accounting classification structure will provide a foundation for a more robust public financial management which could be used for enforcing more transparency and effectiveness of Public delivery channels of the government," the finance ministry said in a statement. 

These heads indicate the accounting classification of receipts and disbursements and is prescribed under the Constitution and is maintained by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA)on the advice of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). 

The panel has "proposed a multidimensional classification framework which has seven mutually exclusive segments with their own individual hierarchical structures," the ministry said in a statement. 

The revised accounting classification codes which are being perceived as a milestone in the area of accounting reforms are proposed to be implemented with effect from FY 2013-2014, it added. 

The proposed classification structure provides for capturing expenditure on special thrust area of government policy objectives such as development of women, schedule castes, schedule tribes, below poverty line population. 

"It would prove to be a very effective management tools to national and sub-national governments for better planning, allocation and application of resources, and more effective monitoring of public spending, it added. 

The panel has also carried out standardisation of coding of all such entities which are recipient of public fund, as channels of public delivery. 

This would facilitate tracking of flow of funds under a government programme or scheme from one level of governance to another level of administrative entities, the ministry said.


The Economic Times, 27 January, 2012, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/need-to-overhaul-government-accounting-norms-says-cr-sundaramurti-committee-report/articleshow/11643899.cm


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