Indian Polity · Topic 20 of 25
Constitutional bodies governing recruitment, Centre-State finance and audit
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The Union Public Service Commission is the central recruiting agency of India. It is an independent constitutional body, directly created by the Constitution itself, not by an ordinary law. Articles 315 to 323 in Part Fourteen of the Constitution lay down its composition, appointment, removal, independence, powers and functions.
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The Finance Commission is a body that decides how tax money collected by the Centre should be shared with the states, and what grants states should get. It is set up under Article 280 of the Constitution as a quasi-judicial body.
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The Comptroller and Auditor General, commonly called Comptroller and Auditor General, is the officer who audits the accounts of the Union government, every state government, and many other bodies that use public money. He is the guardian of the public purse. He checks whether money was legally available, spent for the purpose it was sanctioned for, and whether the expenditure followed the rules governing it.
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The Second Administrative Reforms Commission worked from 2005 to 2009. It studied why external audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was not changing government behaviour enough. It listed specific weaknesses responsible.
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The Attorney General of India is the highest law officer of the country and the chief legal advisor to the Union government. The office is created by Article 76 of the Constitution, placed in the chapter on the Union Executive.
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