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OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL OF INDIA
10, BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG, NEW DELHI 110002
Empanelment of Chartered Accountant Firms for the Year 2009-2010
Applications are invited online from the firms of Chartered Accountants who intend to be empanelled with this
office for the year 2009-2010 for appointment as auditors of Government Companies/Corporations.
The format of application along-with the detailed instructions regarding the documents to be furnished will be
available on our website: www.cag.gov.in from 1 st January 2009 to 16 th February 2009.
The last date for the receipt of specified documents in this office is 27 th February 2009.
Only the firms who apply online and send the specified documents to this office by the due dates will be considered
for empanelment.
Sd/-
(K P Sasidharan)
Principal Director(Commercial)
Important Announcement for members of the Institute
CPE Credit Requirements for three-years rolling period 2008-2010
The first calendar year 2008 of the three years rolling period 2008-2010 is on the verge of its completion. Members
may kindly ensure that they complete the minimum CPE Credit Requirements for the calendar year 2008. The CPE
Credit Requirements for the three years’ rolling period 2008-2010 are as given below:
l All the members who are holding Certificate of Practice (except those members who are residing abroad),
unless exempted, are required to:
(a) Complete at least 90* CPE credit hours in each rolling three-year period of which 60 CPE credit hours
should be of structured learning.
(b) Complete minimum 20 CPE credit hours of structured learning in each year.
l All the members who are not holding Certificate of Practice or are residing abroad (whether holding Certificate
of Practice or not), unless exempted, are required to:
(a) Complete at least 45 CPE credit hours of structured/unstructured learning in each rolling three-year period.
(b) Complete minimum 10 CPE credit hours of structured/unstructured learning in each year.
*We may clarify that out of minimum 90 hours of CPE requirements, the members have to complete 60 CPE
hours of Structured Learning (20 CPE hours of structured learning per year of three years rolling period is
mandatory). The remaining 30 hours could be completed either through structured or unstructured CPE learning
activities, any time during the three years period from 1 st January, 2008 to 31 st December, 2010.
Continuing Professional Education Committee
Committee on Information Technology, ICAI
Forthcoming Practical Workshops
City Workshop Theme Date
Ahmedabad SOX Dec 13
Chennai ACL & IDEA Dec 20
Chennai Using MS-Excel as an Audit Tool Dec 27
Mumbai System Audit in CBS Environment Dec 12-14
Mumbai Advance Excel & Macro Dec 20-21
Further details, workshop brochures & registration form are available at www.icai.org under events. Workshop registration
is on first-come-first-served-basis on receipt of duly filled in form with workshop fee. Please contact
011-30210619/621 or isadelhi@icai.org for further details/assistance/registration.
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity”
THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 1057 DECEMBER 2008