{"id":1307,"date":"2016-02-02T08:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T08:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.punjabexamportal.com\/11052024\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2016-02-02T09:09:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T09:09:46","slug":"government-accounts-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.punjabexamportal.com\/11052024\/2016\/02\/02\/government-accounts-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Accounts in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Classification of Government Accounting in India For a specific treatment of government accounts in India. The constitution of India has clearly provided for three funds or accounts:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Contingency fund of India (Art.267)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Held by the President of India. (doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean President\u00c2\u00a0carries the chequebook. This is operated \u00e2\u20ac\u201c by finance Secretary).<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>President can spend cash from this fund- for emergency\/unforeseen circumstances<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Without the authorization of parliament.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Public Accounts of India (Art.266)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is made up of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>bank savings account of the departments\/ministries (for day to day transactions)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>National Investment fund (money earned from disinvestment, goes here)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>National Calamity &amp; contingency fund (NCCF) (for disaster Management)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>National small savings fund, defense fund.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh, MNREGA fund<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Provident fund, Postal insurance etc.<\/em><br \/>\nand so on<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Ques Note<\/em>&#8211; Does government need parliament\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s permission to spend money from here? &#8211; <em>Nope.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Consolidated fund of India (Art.266)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This fund\/basket is filled by<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>all the cash from direct and indirect taxes<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>all the loans taken by government of India<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Whenever someone returns principle\/interest of the loans given by Government of India.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Related MCQs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-1. \u00c2\u00a0Which of the following is not a source of tax revenue of government?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Export and imports<br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Goods and Services produced<br \/>\n<em>c) \u00c2\u00a0Inter-governmental aids<\/em><br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0Income of individuals and corporations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-2 Transactions relate to debt other than those included in the Consolidated Fund of India are kept in which among the following? <\/strong><br \/>\na) Debt Account<br \/>\n<em>b) Public Account<\/em><br \/>\nc) Contingency Fund<br \/>\nd) Debt Fund<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-3. \u00c2\u00a0Who audits the receipts and expenditures of Consolidated Fund of India?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Finance Secretary<br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Finance Minister<br \/>\n<em>c) \u00c2\u00a0Comptroller and Auditor General<\/em><br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0Prime Minister<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-4. \u00c2\u00a0Income from Treasury Bills issued by government will be stored in &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>a) \u00c2\u00a0Consolidated Fund<\/em><br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Contingency Fund<br \/>\nc) \u00c2\u00a0Public Account<br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0Any of these<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-5 Approval of which among the following authorities alone would be sufficient to draw funds from Consolidated Fund of India ? <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>a) Only Parliament<\/em><br \/>\nb) Only President<br \/>\nc) Either Parliament or President<br \/>\nd) Both Parliament and President<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-6. \u00c2\u00a0Withdrawal from which of the following account will require authorization of Parliament?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>a) \u00c2\u00a0Consolidated Fund<\/em><br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Contingency Fund<br \/>\nc) \u00c2\u00a0Public Account<br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0All of the above<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-7. \u00c2\u00a0Which of the following account acts as an imprest account of the government?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Consolidated Fund<br \/>\n<em>b) \u00c2\u00a0Contingency Fund<\/em><br \/>\nc) \u00c2\u00a0Public Account<br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0None of the above<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-8. \u00c2\u00a0Who has the authority of expenditure from Contingency Fund of India?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Prime Minister<br \/>\n<em>b) \u00c2\u00a0President<\/em><br \/>\nc) \u00c2\u00a0Finance Secretary<br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0Parliament<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-9. \u00c2\u00a0Public money from National Pension Scheme (NPS) (government is liable to repay to the individual) will be stored in which account?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Consolidated Fund<br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Contingency Fund<br \/>\n<em>c) \u00c2\u00a0Public Account<\/em><br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0None of the above<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-10. \u00c2\u00a0What is the fixed corpus of Contingency Fund of India?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Rs. 50 crore<br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Rs. 100 crore<br \/>\n<em>c) \u00c2\u00a0Rs. 500 crore<\/em><br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0Rs. 1,000 crore<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-11. \u00c2\u00a0Expenditure from which of the following funds does not require any authorization, either prior or post, of the Parliament?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Consolidated Fund<br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Contingency Fund<br \/>\n<em>c) \u00c2\u00a0Public Account<\/em><br \/>\nd) \u00c2\u00a0Both (b) and (c)<\/p>\n<p><em>Note that Post authorization of Parliament is required for Contingency Fund, to resume the spent money in it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q-12. \u00c2\u00a0Expenditure from which of the following funds does not require any prior authorization of the Parliament?<\/strong><br \/>\na) \u00c2\u00a0Consolidated Fund<br \/>\nb) \u00c2\u00a0Contingency Fund<br \/>\nc) \u00c2\u00a0Public Account<br \/>\n<em>d) \u00c2\u00a0Both (b) and (c)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classification of Government Accounting in India For a specific treatment of government accounts in 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