IAF Received Shot in Arm by Launch of e-audit Initiative at PCDA[AF] in Dehradun
The Integrated Material Management Online System (IMMOLS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) received a shot in the arm by the launch of the e-audit initiative at the PCDA[AF]in Dehradun,
The audit function of IMMOLS, which had hitherto not been digitised, was launched formally by Shri Arvind Kaushal,[IDAS] Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) along with Shri AN Saxena, Addl CGDA (IT).
Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh , Air Officer-in-charge Maintenance (AOM) with Air Vice Marshal RP George, Asst Chief of Air Staff (ACAS) (Logistics) and the team of officers from Directorate of IMMOLS, Air Headquarters. The software partner M/s Tata Consultancy Services was represented by Shri KV Narayanan.
The digitisation of the audit function is a huge step in the direction of enhancing transparency and probity in various functions related to stores, financing and accounting of the logistics chain management system of the IAF. The digitised system has now replaced the manual system of originating vouchers and sending them through mail to PCDA [AF]Dehradun. Now the entire information and data required by these offices for audit would be made available on the digital medium at all times.
The two key offices of Defences audit i.e the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts, Air Force (PCDA, AF) Dehradun and the Joint Controller of Defence Accounts (JCDA), Nagpur have now been provided online connectivity with the IMMOLS system of IAF.
The Defence Accounts Department (DAD) which has lived through more than two and half centuries is one of the oldest departments under the Government of India. The Defence Accounts Department (DAD) which is headed by Controller General of Defence Accounts(CGDA) is at present responsible for the Financial Advice, Payments, Accounting and Internal Audit of the Expenditure and Receipts of the Defence Services and other Defence-related Organizations