“We are not in the business of finding faults. But when we detect some loopholes during the process of audit, we advise the executive to plug those loopholes.”

— Vinod Rai

Vinod Rai at a seminar on 'Public Accountability and the Role of CAG' organized by the Institute of Public Auditors of India at New Delhi on 28/03/2012.

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