Most
Important Office of the
Controller General
of Defence Accounts, West Block-V, R.K.
Puram, New
Delhi-110 066.
No. AN-I/1152/3/Trg.
Committee/I
Dated:
18th
July 2007
To
The CDA (Training) &
Director,
NIDFM,
Pune.
Subject: Review of the
training of IDAS probationers.
In the context of emerging concerns relating to Defence financial
management in general and mandate of Defence Accounts Department (DAD)
concerning internal audit, accounting and rendition of financial advice
in particular, a need has been felt to revise the course
contents/syllabus being followed at the National Institute of Defence
Financial Management (NIDFM), Pune for the Induction training of the
probationers of the Indian Defence Accounts Service. For this purpose,
it has been decided to constitute a Committee to examine and suggest
improvements in the existing structure of post-NIFM, Faridabad training
of IDAS probationers. The composition of the Committee will be as under:
(i)
Smt. Bulbul Ghosh,
PCDA (HRD)
-
Chairperson
(ii)
Shri Sanjeev Kumar,
Jt.CGDA(AN)
-
Member
(iii)
Smt. Rasika Chaube,
IFA to
President’s Sectt.
-
Member
(iv)
Shri Vishvajit
Sahay, Sr.
Dy.CGDA(AN)
-
Member Secretary
2. Director, NIDFM would be the
resource person.
3. The terms of reference of the
Committee shall interalia include the following:
i)
To
review
the existing training course
contents/syllabus, training schedule and the duration of training of
the IDAS probationers at the National Institute of Defence Financial
Management (NIDFM), Pune in conjunction with the course
content/syllabus at NIFM, Faridabad.
ii)
To
review
the theoretical content and practical
orientation imparted at present and bring about greater harmony in the
theoretical and practical inputs.
iii)
Obtain
an
overview of the training programmes of
probationers adopted by other training academies such as Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie, Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA), Hyderabad, National
Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Nagpur, National Academy of Audit &
Accounts (NAAA), Shimla, National Academy of Customs Excise and
Narcotics (NACEN), Faridabad, College of Material Management (CMM),
Jabalpur, etc. with a view to study and incorporate in the IDAS
probationers’ training curriculum the best practices followed by
training academies – both civil and military.
iv)
To
recommend the broad contours of an independent
national level academy for IDAS probationers/ officers on the lines of
some of the premier academies as in sub-para (iii) above.
v)
Rationalising
field visits as a part of induction
training.
4.
The Committee will evolve its
own procedure for securing wide ranging consultations to meet its terms
of reference. The Committee will be empowered to nominate
sub-groups/sub-committees as necessary and hold wide ranging
consultations with all the stake holders including serving and retired
IDAS officers, members of other services, Heads/Key Resource Persons of
training academies etc. The Committee will also access the available
reports on review of training of IDAS probationers/ officers etc.
5. The committee shall submit its
report within period of three months from the date of its constitution.