The Director General / Principal Director of Audit, office of the Railway Production Units and Metro Railway, Kolkata is responsible for the scrutiny and audit of

  1. financial sanctions pertaining to their railways and offices under their audit control, accorded by the Government of India, Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), or the General Manager;
  2. the allocation of estimates sanctioned by the same authorities;
  3. general orders issued by the General Manager under the powers delegated to him;
  4. the detailed accounts of the railways to see that these have been correctly prepared and are in proper form; no alteration in the form of the accounts or in classification is made without the approval of the competent authority; the system of internal check is efficient and that all appropriations or re-appropriations sanctioned by the General Manager or subordinate authorities are in order;
  5. the annual review of balances and the appropriation accounts of the railway and certifying to their correctness; and also for conducting periodical inspections of the stations and accounts of the executive offices.
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