- The CAG audits government accounts and reports to Parliament. - Parliament uses CAG reports to scrutinize executive spending. - This is a key mechanism of legislative control over the executive's finances.
The financial control exercised by the Parliament over the executive through
Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2019 · Topic: The Attorney General and the C.A.G. (Relationship between CAG and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC))
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