Vice Chairperson’s Message
Message from the Desk of Chairperson, Committee on Public and Government Financial Management (CPGFM) and Vice Chairperson, Board for Local Bodies Accountants Certification (BLoAC)……
ICAI is supporting all tiers of Government in India in smooth implementation of accounting reforms through several means including support in their capacity building initiatives, accrual accounting conversion projects, etc. I would like to thank the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of India for giving ICAI this opportunity and hope that our collaboration shall help in strengthening accounting and auditing system in third tier of Government of India (i.e., Local-self Government) and improve governance system there by enhancing transparency and establishing accountability in their financial operations.
ICAI through Board for Local bodies Accountants Certification (BLoAC, i.e., constituted under ICAI Accounting Research Foundation (ICAI ARF)) has come out with Certificate Course for Accountants of Panchayats and Municipal Bodies that are online skill development courses (in 10 languages including Hindi, English, Marathi, Telugu, Odiya, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil and Kannada) that will help in creating a pool of competent accountants in panchayats/ municipal bodies in India at grassroots level. These courses are expected to create employment opportunities locally even in remote areas.
I respect the vision of Sh. G C Murmu, Hon’ble C&AG of India and am very grateful to CA. Aniket S. Talati, Hon’ble President, ICAI and CA. Ranjeet Kumar Agrawal, Hon’ble Vice-President, ICAI for their continuous guidance and support for this project and other endeavours of the Committee.
The Committee on Public and Government Financial Management (CPGFM) of ICAI has played a stellar role in bringing these training courses (including designing course scheme under the guidance of O/o C&AG and development of course material) to life. The curriculum has been designed keeping in view the training requirements of local-self Government based on real-world experiences, with a focus on hands-on preparation of accounts to provide a practical understanding of the real challenges faced in the field of accounting.
Wishing all the students great success in their careers and all future endeavours. Keep striving, keep learning, and keep believing in yourself…….
With best regards,
CA. (Ms.) Kemisha Soni
Chairperson, CPGFM, ICAI