Para 3.10.27 — MSO (Audit)
Original Rule Text
3.10.27 The following provisions apply to all payments (other than those relating to stores and freight that have been dealt with in Chapter 7) made by Missions and Posts abroad other than the High Commission in London and the Embassy in Washington on behalf of other ministries, departments, State Governments, public sector undertakings and statutory bodies.
- A. Payments on behalf of other Central ministries and departments
What This Means
This paragraph extends payment provisions to all Indian missions and posts abroad other than London and Washington. These missions also make payments on behalf of other ministries, departments, state governments, PSUs, and statutory bodies, but the detailed procedures differ from those at London and Washington. The same exclusion applies — stores and freight payments are handled under Chapter 7.
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Key Points
- 1Applies to all missions and posts except London and Washington
- 2Covers payments on behalf of ministries, states, PSUs, and statutory bodies
- 3Stores and freight payments excluded (covered in Chapter 7)
- 4Sets up the framework for subsequent paragraphs on payment procedures
- 5Recognizes that smaller missions also handle multi-entity payments
Practical Example
The Indian Embassy in Tokyo receives a request from the Ministry of Science to pay JPY 2 million to a Japanese research institute. Since Tokyo is not London or Washington, it follows the payment procedures specified in Paras 3.10.28 onwards, which route through the Controller of Accounts, MEA rather than acting as a multi-departmental PAO.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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