Which of the following Article of the Constitution of India deals with the duties and powers of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India?

Option 2 : Article 149

The correct answer is Article 149.

• Constitutional provisions for CAG:
  • Article 148: Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
  • Article 149: Duties and Powers of the Comptroller and Auditor-General.
  • Article 150: Form of Accounts of The Union and of The States.
  • Article 151: Audit Reports.
• Comptroller and Auditor-General of India (CAG):
  • CAG has been given an independent position under the constitution of India, which is the instrument that ensures and promotes accountability of the executive to parliament.
  • This office started functioning in 1858, and the first Auditor General was appointed in 1860.
  • The CAG of India is an independent constitutional authority that is neither part of the legislature nor executive, though appointed by the President under his hand and seal and can be removed only through a motion of impeachment.
  • Girish Chandra Murmu is the 14th and the current Comptroller and Auditor General of India. 

• Article 234:
  • It States about the recruitment of persons other than district judges to the judicial service.
• Article 189:
  • It States about the Voting in the house, power in the houses to act notwithstanding vacancies, and quorum of the state legislature.
• Section 354 A-
  • A man committing any of the facts -
    • Physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures.
    • a demand or request for sexual favours.
    • showing pornography against the will of a woman.
    • making sexually coloured remarks shall be guilty of the offence of sexual harassment.
    • Both are Bailable in nature and triable by Any Magistrate.