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CAG, SC/ST/BC commissions, statutory commissions and planning bodies — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)

The CAG’s four consecutive articles and the key facts about the office.

Trick 1

The CAG’s four articles

➜ 148 → 151

Old Dadi fed Raju.

  1. 1148 — Office (appointment, oath, salary, independence)
  2. 2149 — Duties and powers
  3. 3150 — Form of accounts (prescribed by the President on the CAG’s advice)
  4. 4151 — Reports (Union to the President, State to the Governor)
Pairs

CAG — remember

1 sentences

Cash audited in forty-eight hours

CAG — Comptroller and Auditor General=Art 148 · appointed by the President (warrant under hand and seal) · 6 years or age 65 · removed like a Supreme Court judge

The CAG is the “eyes and ears” of the Public Accounts Committee · heads the Indian Audit & Accounts Department · salary charged on the Consolidated Fund · no further government office after the term · its certificate on the net proceeds of a tax is final · no control over the issue of money — an auditor only · four audits — regularity, propriety, performance, local bodies.

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SC · ST · BC Commissions

The three constitutional commissions — which amendment did what, and the first chairman.

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Statutory Commissions

The four bodies made by Acts of Parliament, the notified minorities, and the NHRC and CVC selection panels.

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Planning Bodies (Non-Statutory)

The three bodies made by Cabinet resolution, in order, and NITI Aayog’s birthday.

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