Provisional empanelment status of the firm along with provisional point score for the year 2022-2023 will be available on the website www.care.cag.gov.in from 06 May 2022 to 17 May 2022. Representations, if any, for rectification of clerical mistakes in the online data may be sent by email at sao2ca5@cag.gov.in by 17 May 2022.

Please do not send any communication in this regard to the PDC / ICAI.

Chairman,
Professional Development Committee

Considering the difficulties faced by Chartered Accountant firms/LLPs in submitting the online empanelment for audit of PSUs for the year 2022-23, the O/o C&AG on the request of ICAI has extended the last date for submission of online application from 15th February, 2022 to 22nd February, 2022 as a onetime relief. Further, the last date for submission of hard copies of the documents remains unchanged i.e. 28th February, 2022. Interested members may avail the online application at the following URL:

http://care.cag.gov.in/Authorised/Default.aspx

For any query/issue, please contact O/o C&AG at sao2ca5@cag.gov.in or PDC Secretariat, ICAI at pdc@icai.in


Professional Development Committee

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform that the Draft Bank Branch Auditors’ Panel(MEF) of Chartered Accountants/firms for the year 2021-22 has been hosted at www.meficai.org

Kindly note that it is a Draft Panel and the category of the applicants of Multipurpose Empanelment Form for the year 2021-22 is subject to validation of Financial Documents of the applicants. Changes or inconsistencies if any, will be communicated separately to the applicants.

The following details can be viewed by the applicants by giving MEF No. / FRN or MRN in case of individual:

MEF No.
FRN No.
Name of the Applicant
Unique Code Number
Category
District
Reason for ineligibility, if any

The applicants would also be able to view the reasoning for change in their category, wherever applicable, in the Draft Panel itself. However, in case of any observations/ complaints the applicants may raise the query with details at https://app.meficai.org/complaints which will be suitably addressed and replied individually.

The Draft Panel will be available up to Sunday, 23rd January, 2022. Complaints if any have to be lodged by then. After suitable addressal of the queries, the final panel will be sent to RBI for their consideration.

With kind regards,
PD Secretariat

Online Applications are invited from Chartered Accountant firms/LLPs who desire to be empanelled with the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year 2022-2023 for considering for appointment as auditors of Companies as per Sections 139(5) and 139(7) of the Companies Act 2013 and of Statutory Corporations/Autonomous Bodies as per the provisions of their respective Acts. Online application form along with detailed instructions in this regard will be available on the website www.cag.gov.in from 1 January 2022 to 15 February 2022. The applicant firms/LLPs will have to fill/update the data showing the status of their firm as on 1 January 2022. After filling/updating the data, the firms/LLPs will be required to generate online acknowledgement letter for the year. If the firms/LLPs fail to generate online acknowledgment letter, their application would not be considered for empanelment. The firms/LLPs will be required to submit a print out of the acknowledgement letter generated online and also hard copies of the documents in support of their online application to this office by 28 February 2022.

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR EXTENSION OF LAST DATE FOR SUBMITTING MEF 2021-22 FROM NOVEMBER 10 TO NOVEMBER 20, 2021
The Multipurpose Empanelment Form (MEF) for the year 2021-22 is live at https://meficai.org. Considering the various requests received from the Members of ICAI, it has been decided by the Professional Development Committee to extend the last date for submission of online Multipurpose Empanelment Form along with the Declaration for the year 2021-22 by another 10 days. It is hereby informed that last date is extended from 10th November 2021 to 20th November 2021.
It may be noted that NO FURTHER EXTENSION WOULD BE GIVEN for filing MEF 2021-22.
Members may refer the "Advisory” while filling MEF 2021-22. However, the MEF Applicants can write to us at the Complaint Module of MEF (available at https://app.meficai.org/complaints) or at mefpdc@icai.in for any clarification, if required.
Professional Development Committee

A representation PD /A-339/2021/84 dated 26th August 2021 sent to The Director for revising their tender for appointment of chartered accountant firm for Statutory Audit regarding minimum fees.

A representation PD /A-339/2021/ dated 24th August 2021 sent to The Secretary District Setu Society and Resident Sub-District Officer, Jalana for revising their tender for appointment of chartered accountant firm for Audit regarding minimum fees.

A representation PD /A-339/2021/83 dated 24th August 2021 sent to The Director NIN, Pune for revising their tender for appointment of chartered accountant firm for Audit and accounting regarding minimum fee & auditor independence.

A representation PD /A-339/2021/82 dated 24th August 2021 sent to The Director for revising their tender for appointment of chartered accountant firm for Audit regarding minimum fees.

A representation PD /A-339/2021/81 dated 18th August 2021 sent to The Shri Satyajit Bhattacharyya, for revising their tender for appointment of chartered accountant firm for Internal audit and accounting regarding auditor independence.

A representation PD /A-339/2021/80 dated 18th August 2021 sent to The Joint Director (Admin.)for revising their tender for appointment of chartered accountant firm for audit and accounting regarding minimum fee & auditor independence.

A representation PD /A-339/2021/79 dated 18th August 2021 sent to The Finance Department for revising their tender for appointment of chartered accountant firm for Tax Audit regarding minimum fees.