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Date
: 14th December, 2001,
Venue : Conference Hall, RAA.
Your
Excellency Shri V.K. Shunglu, Hon’ble Lam,
Aum Yangki, Departement of Aid & Debt Management,
Mr. Ravesh Kumar, Embassy of
India
,
Dasho Lam Dorji, Department of Budget and Accounts,
Dasho Kunzang C. Namgyal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Nanda Lal, Accountant General
of
Punjab
,
Respected Dashos, Colleagues of RAA and
Ladies and Gentleman.
1.
On
this solemn and auspicious morning, may I on behalf of the Royal Audit
Authority and on my own take this great opportunity firstly formally
welcome Your Excellency and the delegates to the Himalayan Kingdom of
Bhutan and this office. We are extremely happy that your Excellency
could visit
Bhutan
, despite your demanding schedule back home. Accept our warmest Joen Pa
Legso.
2.
This
is the 2nd visit by a C&AG of India and the first visit
of the Secretary General of ASOSAI in
Bhutan
. We had H.E. Shri C.G.
Somiah in 1991. Your Excellency’s visit will go a long way to
strengthen the strong bonds of relations that exist between
India
and
Bhutan
in general, institutional relations between the two Supreme Audit
Institutions in particular.
3.
With
the signing of MOU today we have resolved to perpetuate our friendship.
The professional development that we shall enjoy will transform the
Bhutanese auditors to gain greater achievements.
4.
As
we look into the future, we cannot but help recall the past. As of today
the C&AG office has imparted training to forty officials of RAA in
various fields of Auditing,12 in IA
& AS. I value the skills gained by our auditors are far superior due
to these. The signing of the MOU, an important landmark in the history
of the RAA, is a testimony
of this success. We saw the merit to pave the way for the long-term
capacity building.
5.
We shall begin the
Public Works and Technical Auditing training today shortly at YGCD,
Mothithang. This training will help RAA to prepare itself to take the
challenge of auditing in the 9th Plan. A Plan that focuses on
infrastructure will demand, improved work methodologies, and upgraded
knowledge and skills of the auditors.
I am happy that it is has become possible through the technical
and professional exchanges from organization such as Office of C&AG,
which has a wealth of experience.
6. The C&AG’s
acceptance to train every year two Audit officers of the SAI of Bhutan
in the IA&AS courses, in the prestigious National Academy of Audit
and Accounts, Shimla sets the foundation
for a long term human resource capacity building strategy for
RAA.
7.
We shall also look
forward to derive the optimal benefit from exchange of information,
books, manuals and other documents in the field of audit.
8.
It
gives me added confidence and assurance that RAA shall grow from
strength to strength, as much as this Memorandum of Understanding
expresses our trust, confidence and loyalty in the truest spirit of
partnership.
9.
I
express our sincerest gratitude to the people, Government and the
Office of C&AG of India on behalf of the RGOB and RAA . I wish the
delegation a pleasant visit. Please feel home in our small house that we
call
Bhutan
with all its short comings.
10. I
would also like to thank all the distinguished guests for
spending your precious time with us to witness this very auspicious
moment in the history of the RAA.
Tashi
Deleg!
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