The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, today convened the first State Finance Secretaries Conference in New Delhi.

In his address, the CAG emphasized the need for harmonizing expenditure at the disaggregated level of object heads across all states and the Union government. Mr. Murmu urged stakeholders to collaborate to advance the finalization of monthly accounts in states from the current deadline of the 25th of the succeeding month to the 10th.

The primary aim of the conference was to institutionalize the CAG’s outreach to stakeholders and strengthen communication with state governments to address public financial management issues.