India’s Comptroller and Auditor General turns into exterior auditor of IAEA

India’s Comptroller and Auditor General GC Murmu was on Friday chosen because the exterior auditor of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). IAEA promotes peaceable use of nuclear vitality. (Photo: Reuters)India’s Comptroller and Auditor General GC Murmu was on Friday chosen because the exterior auditor of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a prestigious establishment that promotes peaceable use of nuclear vitality.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated his candidature obtained majority help of the IAEA normal convention and his tenure can be for six years, from 2022 to 2027.”Today, India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been selected as the next external auditor of the International Atomic Energy Agency for a six-year term at the General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna,” the MEA stated.”The CAG’s bid received majority support of the IAEA General Conference for the position for which several competing bids were submitted from different countries,” it stated in a press release.The MEA stated the election is a “recognition” of India’s standing within the worldwide neighborhood and world acknowledgement of the CAG’s credentials, professionalism and expertise.Murmu assumed workplace because the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on August 8 final 12 months. Before assuming the cost, he served as the primary Lt Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.Murmu additionally served in varied capacities within the Government of India, reminiscent of secretary of the division of expenditure, particular and extra secretary within the division of monetary companies and division of income.ALSO READ: UN atomic company head arriving in Tehran for talks: Iran Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.