HM grants audience to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India

September 15: His Majesty the King granted an audience to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India Mr Vinod Rai today.

He arrived in the Kingdom on a four day goodwill visit on Monday. Mr Rai took over as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in January last year.

Prior to that he served as the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He was responsible for managing the financial services sector, including banks and insurance companies.

Mr Rai was instrumental in setting up the India Infrastructure Finance Company. He is also the Secretary General of the Asian Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions.

He also called on the Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley.

This morning, he gave a talk on relationship between public accounts committee and supreme audit institutions to the members of the public accounts committee and audit officials.

source: bbs