Office of the Chief Controller of Accounts

The Secretary of each department is the Chief Accounting Authority for that Department. He is assisted in discharging his payment, accounting and inspection functions through the Financial Adviser and the Chief Controller of Accounts. The accounting organization is common for all the departments and comprises a Principal Accounts Office, Nine Pay & Accounts Offices and an Internal Audit Wing. The Chief Controller of Accounts is assisted by one Controller of Accounts, one Deputy Controller of Accounts, one Assistant Controller of Accounts and twelve Pay & Accounts Officers stationed at New Delhi (6), Jaipur (1), Nagpur (1), Mumbai (2), Chennai (1), Kolkata (1).

The PAY & ACCOUNTS OFFICE is the basic unit of departmentalized accounts organization. Its main functions include :

1. Pre-audit and payment of all bills, including those of loans and grants-in-aid submitted by Non-Cheque Drawing DDOs.
2. Issue of quarterly Letters of Credit to Cheque Drawing DDOs and Post-audit of their vouchers.
3. Compilation of monthly accounts of receipts and payments.
4. Maintenance of GPF accounts and authorization of retirement benefits.

The Principal Accounts Office consolidates monthly accounts compiled by its various Pay & Accounts Offices. The Principal Accounts Office also prepares through the CONTACT package, the monthly accounts to be rendered timely to the office of Controller General of Accounts by the prescribed date of 15th of the following month. Principal Accounts Office further prepares the APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS and the STATEMENT OF CENTRAL TRANSACTIONS and the material for the FINANCE ACCOUNT OF THE UNION GOVERNMENT (CIVIL) for the Department relating to Industry, and makes payments of loans and grants to State Governments through the Reserve Bank of India and renders advice on accounting matters to the Ministry. It also performs all administrative and co-ordination functions for the Accounting Organization including training function and systems support.

FUNCTIONS

All Payments pertaining to the Ministry are made through the Pay and Accounts Offices. There are 135 Drawing and Disbursing Officers under the Ministry presenting their claims/bills to the accredited Pay & Accounts Officer who issues cheques after exercising the necessary scrutiny. For operational convenience 56 DDOs have been authorized cheque drawing powers. The Cheque Drawing DDOs are authorized to issue cheques basically for salary and contingencies.

Chief Controller of Accounts
172, Min. of Commerce & Industry,
Udyog Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-11,
Telephone : 91-11-2306 2049
Fax : 91-11-2306 2015
E-mail to Chief Controller Of Accounts

http://ccaind.nic.in/