Clarification on "Printing Noddy books/epitome of Audit Reports"

The decision to bring out "Noddy books" was taken in 2009 with an objective of communicating important findings arising out of Performance Audits in an easy to understand language to cater to the requirements of a wide range of stakeholders beyond the Legislature and the Executive - civil society, students, non-government organisations etc. The decision was extended, in May 2010, to bring out epitomes containing the highlights of conventional Audit Reports. Noddy books and epitomes are essentially abridged versions of Audit Reports containing a digest of important findings in the form of small and handy booklets.

Of late, various functional wings have sought for clarifications on the present policy of printing Noddy books/epitomes. The matter has been examined and the clarification is as under:

1. The abridged versions of the Audit Report serve a very useful purpose and need to be continued. It has been decided with the approval of the CAG that Noddy books should be compulsorily printed for all Performance Audit Reports.

2. Additionally, in order to accomplish the objective of achieving a wider outreach and facilitate easy accessibility of our audit products ubiquitously to a wider range of stakeholders, abridged versions of Audit Reports may be digitally put out on the CAG website as video podcasts/slide show broadcasts or in any other manner while uploading the full Audit Report. The decision to put out abridged versions of Audit Reports on the CAG website may be taken by the respective DAI/ADAI on a case to case basis considering the nature of audit and the significance of audit findings. All Audit Reports have to be compulsorily uploaded on the CAG website.

3. The new CAG website provides for uploading video podcasts/slide show broadcasts containing the salient features and important findings contained in our Audit Reports apart from enabling linkages with social media.