03 September 2025
Who was appointed as the 29th Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India in September 2025?
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻšিāϏাāĻŦ āύিā§āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻ āĻেāύাāϰেāϞ (CGA)
Controller General of Accounts (CGA) of India
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ া: ⧧⧝ā§ā§Ŧ āϏাāϞে (āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞā§েāϰ āĻŦ্āϝ⧠āĻŦিāĻাāĻেāϰ āĻ
āϧীāύে)।
Established: 1976 (under Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance).
āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒ্āϤāϰ: āύā§াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি।
Headquarters: New Delhi.
āύিā§āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖ: āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞā§েāϰ āĻ
āϧীāύে āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻ্āϰāĻŽ āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞিāϤ āĻšā§।
Control: Functions under the Ministry of Finance.
āĻূāĻŽিāĻা: āĻাāϰāϤ āϏāϰāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻšিāϏাāĻŦ āĻĒāϰাāĻŽāϰ্āĻļāĻĻাāϤা।
Role: Principal Accounting Adviser to the Government of India.
āĻাāϰ্āϝাāĻŦāϞি:
Functions:
āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰীā§ āϏāϰāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻšিāϏাāĻŦ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻ āĻāĻāϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻāϰা।
Prepares and consolidates Union Government accounts.
āĻšিāϏাāĻŦāύীāϤি, āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি āĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĒ্āϰāĻŖā§āύ āĻāϰা।
Formulates accounting policies, systems, and procedures.
āĻŽাāϏিāĻ āĻ āĻŦাāϰ্āώিāĻ āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰীā§ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨ āĻšিāϏাāĻŦ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻāϰা।
Prepares Monthly and Annual Union Finance Accounts.
āĻŦেāϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞā§েāϰ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύ āĻ āĻā§-āĻŦ্āϝā§েāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻāϰāĻĻাāϰি āĻāĻŦং āĻ
āĻ্āϝāύ্āϤāϰীāĻŖ āύিāϰীāĻ্āώা āĻĒāϰিāĻাāϞāύা।
Oversees payments & receipts, internal audits of civil ministries.
āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻŦেāĻĻāύ: āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āύিā§āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻ āĻ āĻŽāĻšা āĻšিāϏাāĻŦ āύিāϰীāĻ্āώāĻ (CAG)-āĻে āĻšিāϏাāĻŦ āĻāĻŽা āĻĻেā§।
Reports: Submits accounts to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ: āĻāĻāĻāύ āϏিāύিā§āϰ IAS āĻāϰ্āĻŽāĻāϰ্āϤা, āϝিāύি āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻšিāϏাāĻŦ āύিā§āύ্āϤ্āϰāĻ āĻেāύাāϰেāϞ (CGA) āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻāϰেāύ।
Current Head: Designated as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), a senior IAS officer.
Which Indian Army regiment is representing India in the 21st edition of Exercise Yudh Abhyas (2025)?
The joint high-altitude exercise Achook Prahar was conducted between which two forces?
Which country hosted the 25th SCO Summit in 2025?
⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āĻāϏāϏিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽেāϞāύ – āϤিā§াāύāĻিāύ, āĻীāύ
2025 SCO Summit – Tianjin, China
āϤাāϰিāĻ: ā§Šā§§ āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ – ā§§ āϏেāĻĒ্āĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
Date: 31 August – 1 September 2025
āϏ্āĻĨাāύ: āϤিā§াāύāĻিāύ, āĻীāύ
Place: Tianjin, China
āĻāĻĒāϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ: āĻāϏāϏিāĻ-āϰ āϰাāώ্āĻ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻĒāϰিāώāĻĻেāϰ ⧍ā§ĢāϤāĻŽ āĻŦৈāĻ āĻ
Occasion: 25th Heads of State Council Meeting of SCO
đš āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻĻিāĻ
đš Highlights
āϤিā§াāύāĻিāύ āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻৃāĻšীāϤ āĻšā§েāĻে – āĻŦāĻšুāĻŽেāϰু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦ, āύিāϰাāĻĒāϤ্āϤা āĻ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤি āĻোāϰ āĻĻেāĻā§া āĻšā§েāĻে।
Adoption of Tianjin Declaration – stressed multipolar world, security, and economy.
āĻীāύ āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻāϰেāĻে – āĻāϏāϏিāĻ āĻāύ্āύā§āύ āĻŦ্āϝাংāĻ āĻ āĻ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāĻāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻāĻ āύেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা।
China announced – plan for an SCO Development Bank & energy cooperation platform.
āĻাāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āύāϰেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āĻŽোāĻĻী āĻোāϰ āĻĻিāϞেāύ – S-C-O = Security, Connectivity, Opportunity।
India’s PM Modi stressed – S-C-O = Security, Connectivity, Opportunity.
āϏāĻŦāĻেā§ে āĻŦā§ āĻāϏāϏিāĻ āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽেāϞāύ – ⧍ā§Ļ+ āĻĻেāĻļ āĻ āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āĻ
ংāĻļāĻ্āϰāĻšāĻŖ।
Largest-ever SCO Summit – participation of 20+ countries & global bodies.
đš āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ
đš Significance
āĻāĻ্āĻāϞিāĻ āϏāĻšāϝোāĻিāϤা āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻšā§েāĻে।
Strengthened regional cooperation.
āĻীāύ-āϰাāĻļিā§া-āĻাāϰāϤ āĻāĻ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļিāϤ āĻšā§েāĻে।
Showcased China-Russia-India unity.
āĻāĻŽেāϰিāĻা āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ āĻŦৈāĻļ্āĻŦিāĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āĻĒাāϞ্āĻা āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻা āĻšāĻ্āĻে।
Seen as a counter to US-led global order.
How much GST revenue was collected by the Centre and states together in August 2025?
đĸ āĻাāϰāϤে āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ āĻ āĻĒāϰিāώেāĻŦা āĻāϰ (GST)-āĻāϰ āĻāϤিāĻšাāϏ
đĸ History of Goods and Services Tax (GST) – India
⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ – āĻ
āĻāϞ āĻŦিāĻšাāϰী āĻŦাāĻāĻĒেāϝ়ী āϏāϰāĻাāϰ āĻāϏিāĻŽ āĻĻাāϏāĻুāĻĒ্āϤ (āĻĒāĻļ্āĻিāĻŽāĻŦāĻ্āĻ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী)-āĻāϰ āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦে āĻāĻāĻি āĻāĻŽিāĻি āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰে GST āĻŽāĻĄেāϞ āϤৈāϰিāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ।
2000 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government set up a committee headed by Asim Dasgupta (West Bengal FM) to design the GST model.
⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ē – āĻেāϞāĻাāϰ āĻাāϏ্āĻ āĻĢোāϰ্āϏ (āĻĒāϰোāĻ্āώ āĻāϰ) āĻāĻাāϧিāĻ āĻĒāϰোāĻ্āώ āĻāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤে GST āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύেāϰ āĻোāϰাāϞো āϏুāĻĒাāϰিāĻļ āĻāϰে।
2004 – Kelkar Task Force on Indirect Taxes strongly recommended GST to replace multiple indirect taxes.
⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ŧ – āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী āĻĒি. āĻিāĻĻাāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰāĻŽ āĻোāώāĻŖা āĻāϰেāύ ā§§ āĻāĻĒ্āϰিāϞ ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ļ-āĻ GST āĻাāϞুāϰ āϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ (āϏāĻŽ্āĻŽāϤিāϰ āĻ
āĻাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāϰ্āĻĨ āĻšā§)।
2006 – Finance Minister P. Chidambaram announced April 1, 2010 as GST rollout target (missed due to lack of consensus).
⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§§ – āĻāĻāĻĒিāĻ āϏāϰāĻাāϰ āϏংāϏāĻĻে 115āϤāĻŽ āϏংāĻŦিāϧাāύ āϏংāĻļোāϧāύী āĻŦিāϞ āĻāϤ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻāϰে (GST āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻāϰ āĻāϰāϤে) → āϞোāĻāϏāĻাāϰ āĻŽেāϝ়াāĻĻ āĻļেāώ āĻšāĻā§াā§ āĻŦিāϞāĻি āϞুāĻĒ্āϤ āĻšāϝ়।
2011 – UPA Government introduced the 115th Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament (to implement GST) → lapsed with end of Lok Sabha term.
⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ē – āĻāύāĻĄিāĻ āϏāϰāĻাāϰ 122āϤāĻŽ āϏংāĻŦিāϧাāύ āϏংāĻļোāϧāύী āĻŦিāϞ āĻāĻাāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤাāĻŦāĻি āĻĒুāύāϰাāϝ় āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻāϰে।
2014 – NDA Government reintroduced the proposal as the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill.
⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ (ā§Ž āĻāĻāϏ্āĻ) – āϏংāϏāĻĻ āĻĒাāϏ āĻāϰে āϏংāĻŦিāϧাāύ (ā§§ā§Ļā§§āϤāĻŽ āϏংāĻļোāϧāύী) āĻāĻāύ, ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ŧ, āϝা GST-āĻে āϏাংāĻŦিāϧাāύিāĻ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻৃāϤি āĻĻেā§।
2016 (August 8) – Parliament passed the Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016, providing constitutional backing to GST.
⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§ (ā§§ āĻুāϞাāĻ) – āϏাāϰা āĻĻেāĻļে āĻāύুāώ্āĻ াāύিāĻāĻাāĻŦে GST āĻাāϞু āĻšāϝ়, āĻāĻাāϧিāĻ āĻĒāϰোāĻ্āώ āĻāϰ (VAT, Excise, Service Tax, āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি) āĻāĻāϤ্āϰিāϤ āĻāϰে।
2017 (July 1) – GST officially launched nationwide, subsuming multiple indirect taxes (VAT, Excise, Service Tax, etc.).
đš GST āĻĒāϰিāώāĻĻ
đš GST Council
āĻāĻ āύ: āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰী (āϏāĻাāĻĒāϤি) + āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻ
āϰ্āĻĨāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰীāĻāĻŖ।
Formation: Chaired by Union Finance Minister + State Finance Ministers.
āĻাāĻ: GST āĻšাāϰ āĻ āĻাāĻ াāĻŽো āύিāϰ্āϧাāϰāĻŖ।
Function: To decide GST rates and structure.
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