In which year was accounting separated from auditing and Comptroller and Auditor General’s task only remained confined to auditing the Government Accounts?

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1976. The Comptroller and Auditor General was both the audit and accounting authority for the Centre as well as the States. The accounting functions were taken away in the case of the Centre in 1976 and handed over to the Controller General of Accounts (the Principal Accounting Authority of the Government of India) while accounts of the States continue to be compiled by the CAG. Several entitlements functions in the States were also transferred from the CAG to State Governments between 1976 and 1989.

In which year was accounting separated from auditing and Comptroller and Auditor General’s task only remained confined to auditing the Government Accounts?

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