Para 7.3.57 — MSO (Audit)
Original Rule Text
7.3.57 In order to enable press correspondents to select the more important audit observations/comments for publication, a press brief, which should be more or less a copy of the "Overview" printed in the Report, should be issued separately for each Report as and when it is laid before the Parliament/Legislature. Copies of the Reports will also be made available along with the press brief. The brochure referred to in paragraph 7.3.51 supra will, however, be circulated along with the last Report laid. The Press brief and its accompanying documents should be sent demiofficially by the Principal Audit Officer responsible on the same day that the Report are laid to the editors or regional representatives of news papers, as the case may be, the Press Information Bureau,
Secretary to the Legislature and to the leading local and national television news channels.
What This Means
When an Audit Report is tabled before Parliament or the Legislature, a press brief (essentially a copy of the Report's Overview) must be issued separately for each report. This brief, along with copies of the Report, is sent on the same day of tabling to newspaper editors, the Press Information Bureau, the Legislature Secretary, and leading TV news channels. The summary brochure from Para 7.3.51 is circulated with the last report laid.
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Key Points
- 1A press brief must be issued for each Audit Report when it is tabled
- 2The press brief is essentially a copy of the Overview printed in the Report
- 3Copies of the Report accompany the press brief
- 4Distribution on the same day to: newspaper editors, PIB, Legislature Secretary, and TV channels
- 5The summary brochure is circulated along with the last Report to be laid
Practical Example
The CAG's Civil Audit Report for Karnataka is tabled in the state Legislature on March 15. The same day, the AG's office sends the press brief (the Overview section) along with report copies demi-officially to editors of The Hindu, Deccan Herald, Prajavani, the PIB regional office, the Legislature Secretary, and Republic TV's regional bureau.
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