The 46th Civil Accounts Day was celebrated on 2nd March 2022 at Dr Ambedkar International Center, Janpath, New Delhi.
Context
The 46th Civil Accounts Day was celebrated on 2nd March 2022 at Dr Ambedkar International Center, Janpath, New Delhi.
Background
- The Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) is one of the ‘Group A’ services created in 1976 to provide accounting and auditing services to the Government of India.
- It functions through the Indian Civil Accounts Organisation under the Ministry of Finance.
- This article provides information on the roles and responsibilities, pay scales, probationary period and career prospects of ICAS.
About the Indian Civil Accounts Service
- Initially, the ICAS was carved out from the Indian Audit & Accounts Service (IA & AS), through the promulgation of an Ordinance amending the C & AG’s (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1976.
- Later, the Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act, 1976 was enacted and came into force on 01 March 1976, following which the ICAS celebrates March 1 every year as the “Civil Accounts Day”.
- ICAS helps in the delivery of financial management services for the Government of India, such as payment services, supports the tax collection system, performs government-wide accounting, financial reporting functions, preparation of budget estimates and carries out Internal Audit in civil ministries of the Union Government.
