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The service has Principal Accountants-General and Accountants General for every State in India. Generally, each state has one Principal Accountant-General in charge of audit functions. In addition to Principal Accountant-General, each state also has Accountants-General in charge of accounts and entitlement functions (Provident Fund and Pension etc). Bigger states may have an Accountant General (Audit) in addition to the Principal Accountant-General. RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING Recruitment to the IA&AS is through the joint competitive examinations (the Civil Services Examination ) along with the Indian Foreign Service , Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Revenue Service(IRS) . Once recruited to IA&AS, the officers are trained at National Academy of Audit and Accounts , Shimla , Himachal Pradesh, India. The officers of IA&AS are required to acquire and possess not only the professional skills of an accountant and auditor but also the administrative competence to manage the staff of the Indian Audit & Accounts Department, which has a strength of over 60,000 personnel. Their job requirements include scrutiny of intricate contracts, understanding of tax and revenue laws, assessing the financial health of commercial corporations. Industry knowledge may be required also, grasping for instance the complexities of oil exploration or the working of an atomic power plant and comprehensively reviewing the effectiveness of implementation of country-wise schemes for rural development, health services, education etc. SANTIONED STRENGTH ;Sanctioned strength of IA&AS Cadre (As on 01.08.2006) Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General: 3 Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General: 5 Principal Accountant Genreal: 26 Senior Administrative Grade: 107 Junior Administrative Grade: 161 (Selection Grade 80 and Ordinary Grade 81) Senior Time Scale: 256 Junior Time Scale: 136 IA&AS OVERSEAS IA&AS officers mainly go abroad to conduct embassy audit i.e. audit of Embassies and High Commissions of India situated all over the world. However, IA&AS officers are seconded to Middle East ( Oman , UAE ) and African countries ( Botswana ) to serve in audit departments as specialists. Many also join the United Nations and its allied agencies for a short term. EXTERNAL LINKS
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