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Audit jurisdiction
Director General of Audit (Mines), Kolkata is responsible for audit of 57 Public Sector Enterprises and one Statutory Corporations, out of which 46 are audited as principal auditor and 11 as sub-auditor. Total 16 Autonomous Bodies under the jurisdiction of this office, 4 are audited as Principal Auditor and 12 are as sub-auditor.25 grants in Aid audit and 18 field offices of Govt of India This Office audits a mix of companies covering the fields of Mining, Heavy Engineering, Power, Dredging etc. Some of the major companies for which DGA (MINES), Kolkata is the Principal Auditor are ‘National Aluminium Corporation Ltd. (NALCO), ‘Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd.’ and ‘Hindustan Copper Ltd.’ (HCL). The important Autonomous Bodies (ABs) includes ‘Paradip Port Trust (PPT), Kolkata Port Trust (KPT), National Jute Board, Calcutta Dock Labour Board etc.
This office conducts the audit under section 13 & 15 and autonomous bodies under section 14 & 19, 19(2)/20 of CAG's (DPC) Act 1971. Besides, this office is also responsible for Finance audit, autonomous bodies, externally aided projects and expenditure audit of 18 field offices of various ministries.