The Post of Director General of Audit was created to oversee the Functions of all the audit departments under the administrative control finance department.
As per instructions of DGA, Guidelines on performance audit, audit on risk based approach, code of ethics for auditors, Audit report follow-up process and guidelines for drafting of report have been issued.
Based on the guidelines of Director General of Audit, the Annual Audit Plan for the year 2023-24 has been revised to carry out the audit of all the auditable institutions on quarterly basis (Four Quarters). The 2023-24 Audit is in progress. Performance Audit on Eleven Topics has been completed.
Audit of Chennai Metropolitan water supply and sewerage board (CMWSSB) and Tamil Nadu water supply and drainage board (TWAD Board) have been newly entrusted to this department and the audits for the year 2022-23 in TWAD Board are in progress. Under the guidence of the DGA, the preperation of annual audit plan for CMWSSB is in progress.
A Special Audit Report on Field verification and genuineness of the income certificate for the payments of BC/MBC/MW/SC/ST scholarships and First Graduate certificates has been conducted and audit report was submitted to the Government.
A Special audit on the verification of Receipts and Expenditure of COVID-19 in selected 5 districts has been taken and the report submitted to Government.
In order to improve the quality in audit, The Training Advisory Committee (TAC) has been formed to provide proper professional training on General Courses, IT related courses and Domain Based Courses. This department is conducting regular training courses periodically on various topics applicable to various types of auditable institutions.
Special Refreshment training was conducted from 30.01.2023 to 03.02.2023 for the auditors.
Domain Specific training - TWAD Board Audit was conducted on 02.11.2023, 03.11.2023, 06.11.2023 and 07.11.2023.
Trainings for middle management audit officer level have been provided in the topics of performance audit and IT Audit.
For the year 2023-24 Refreshment Training for a total No. of 75 Assistant Inspectors and Inspectors was Provided.
Under guidance of DGA, High level training which covers Foundation course on Accounts and Auditing, Advanced Audit, Assignment and Practical training is being provided for the newly recruited 45 Assistant Inspectors of 2024 batch by this department.
A sum of Rs.1715.42 Lakh has been collected as audit fee during the period from 07.05.2021 to 30.04.2024. A sum of 3434.1 Lakh was also recovered and remitted to the State Exchequer on settlement of 92915 No. of Audit paras during this period.
File approval process automated through E-office has been successfully implemented in this deparment.
IDEA Software has procured, installed and the training has been given to the auditors regarding this analytic tool.