Controller General of Defence Accounts
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 October 1951 |
| Jurisdiction | Ministry of Defence, Government of India |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
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| Parent department | Ministry of Defence (Finance) |
| Website | cgda |
The Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) heads the Defence Accounts Department. Dr Mayank Sharma, IDAS is the present CGDA.[1] The office functions under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India and is the cadre controlling authority of the Indian Defence Accounts Service, an organised Group 'A' Civil Service of Government of India.[2]
As the Principal Accounting Officer for Ministry of Defence, the CGDA furnishes necessary information for the Appropriation Accounts to the Ministry of Defence. CGDA also prepares the Annual Consolidated Accounts of Defence Services Receipts & Charges and acts as the Principal Accounts Officer for Civil Estimates of the Ministry of Defence. DAD is also responsible for rendering the Annual Accounts for the various units and formations operating under the Ministry of Defence.
In addition, the Annual Audit Certificate for the Defence Services, rendered by the CGDA to the C&AG through Ministry of Defence, is tabled in the Indian Parliament.
Office of the CGDA
[edit]Office of the CGDA is situated at Delhi. Current address is Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt - 110010.
List of CGDA
[edit]The following is the list of officers of the Indian Defence Accounts Service (IDAS) who have held the post of CGDA since 1947:
| Sl. No. | Name | Post Held | From | To |
| 1 | Shri L. M. Ghatak | Military Accountant General | 16.08.1947 | 08.05.1951 |
| 2 | Shri R. Jagannathan | Military Accountant General | 09.05.1951 | 09.09.1951 |
| 3 | Shri A. Subrahmanyam | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 26.02.1954 | 25.06.1956 |
| 4 | Shri R. N. Hazari | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 26.06.1956 | 04.11.1956 |
| 5 | Shri Batuk Singh | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 05.11.1956 | 20.09.1958 |
| 6 | Shri Phul Chand | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 03.10.1958 | 06.11.1962 |
| 7 | Shri H. L. Wadera | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 07.11.1962 | 09.09.1967 |
| 8 | Shri V. N. Sukul | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 13.09.1967 | 25.03.1968 |
| 9 | Shri A. P. B. Nayar | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 17.06.1968 | 09.03.1970 |
| 10 | Shri D. S. Nakra | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 10.03.1970 | 31.12.1970 |
| 11 | Shri P. C. Bhattacharyya | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 10.03.1971 | 05.12.1972 |
| 12 | Shri V. G. Kamath | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 26.02.1973 | 20.01.1975 |
| 13 | Shri J. B. Martin | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 17.03.1975 | 30.04.1978 |
| 14 | Shri C. P. Ramachandran | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.05.1978 | 31.10.1978 |
| 15 | Shri B. M. Menon | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.11.1978 | 31.07.1979 |
| 16 | Shri B. M. Prabhu | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 02.08.1979 | 30.09.1980 |
| 17 | Shri R. Venkataraman | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 17.11.1980 | 31.01.1986 |
| 18 | Shri S Swaminathan | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 26.02.1986 | 30.04.1987 |
| 19 | Shri R. B. Kapoor | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 10.06.1987 | 30.06.1988 |
| 20 | Shri R. Venkataratnam | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 15.12.1988 | 24.12.1988 |
| 21 | Shri R Krishnamurthy | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.01.1990 | 31.12.1990 |
| 22 | Shri R. K. Mathur | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 14.03.1991 | 30.11.1991 |
| 23 | Shri Sanjib Mukherji | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 04.02.1992 | 30.04.1992 |
| 24 | Shri B. G. Joshi | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 11.05.1992 | 31.08.1993 |
| 25 | Shri Gian Swarup | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 30.09.1993 | 27.04.1994 |
| 26 | Shri S. A.Ventakatarayan | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.05.1994 | 30.06.1994 |
| 27 | Shri U. S. Prasad | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 06.09.1994 | 31.12.1994 |
| 28 | Shri D. K. Chet Singh | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 11.03.1995 | 18.10.1995 |
| 29 | Shri P. R. Sivasubramanian | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 20.12.1995 | 20.11.1996 |
| 30 | Shri N. Gopalan | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 11.03.1997 | 30.06.2001 |
| 31 | Shri M Kumaraswami | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.07.2001 | 05.03.2002 |
| 32 | Shri B Banerjee | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 10.04.2002 | 31.07.2002 |
| 33 | Shri G. C. Bhandari | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.08.2002 | 31.12.2003 |
| 34 | Shri Jnan Prakash | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 04.05.2006 | 30.06.2007 |
| 35 | Smt H. K. Pannu | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.07.2007 | 31.03.2008 |
| 36 | Smt Bulbul Ghosh | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.04.2008 | 31.12.2009 |
| 37 | Smt Nita Kapoor | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.01.2010 | 31.05.2010 |
| 38 | Shri Nand Kishore | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.06.2010 | 31.12.2011 |
| 39 | Shri Virendra Diwan | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.01.2012 | 31.03.2012 |
| 40 | Smt Priti Mohanty | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.04.2012 | 29.10.2012 |
| 41 | Shri Suhas Banerjee | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 30.10.2012 | 31.10.2012 |
| 42 | Shri Arunava Dutt | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.01.2012 | 30.06.2013 |
| 43 | Kum Vandana Srivastava | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 05.07.2013 | 31.10.2014 |
| 44 | Shri Arvind Kaushal | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.11.2014 | 31.05.2015 |
| 45 | Shri S. S. Mohanty | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.06.2015 | 30.09.2015 |
| 46 | Smt Shobhana Joshi | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.10.2015 | 31.05.2016 |
| 47 | Shri S. K. Kohli | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 08.07.2016 | 29.09.2016 |
| 48 | Shri N. Neihsial | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 02.12.2016 | 28.02.2017 |
| 49 | Smt Veena Prasad | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.03.2017 | 31.01.2018 |
| 50 | Smt Madhulika P Sukul | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.02.2018 | 31.08.2018 |
| 51 | Shri R. K. Nayak | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 22.04.2019 | 30.04.2019 |
| 52 | Shri Sanjiv Mittal | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.05.2019 | 30.06.2021 |
| 53 | Shri Rajnish Kumar | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 26.07.2021 | 30.06.2022 |
| 54 | Shri S G Dastidar | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 04.09.2023. | 31.03.2024 |
| 55 | Smt Devika Raghuvanshi | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 02.07.2024 | 28.02.2025 |
| 56 | Dr Mayank Sharma | Controller General of Defence Accounts | 01.03.2025 | Present |