India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities

This study on financial accountability systems of selected state level power sector entities for India examines and highlights systemic issues of accounting, financial reporting, auditing, disclosure practices as well as capacity and policy gaps in...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7285697/india-note-financial-accountability-systems-selected-state-level-power-sector-entities
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spelling okr-10986-194442021-04-23T14:03:46Z India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities World Bank ACCOUNT ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTANTS ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING POLICIES ACCOUNTING PRACTICES ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ACCOUNTS AUDIT COMMITTEES AUDIT REPORTS AUDITED ACCOUNTS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDITING AUDITING PROFESSION AUDITING STANDARDS AUDITORS REPORTS AUDITS AUTHORITY CADRES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CONSENSUS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CUSTOMER SERVICE DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DEPRECIATION DISCLOSURE ELECTRICITY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FINANCIAL CONTROL FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE FINANCIAL INFORMATION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL POLICIES FINANCIAL REPORTING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FISCAL SITUATION GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GOVERNMENT COMPANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INTEREST COSTS INTERNAL AUDIT INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION INTERNAL AUDITING INTERNAL AUDITORS LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE ACTS LICENSES OVERHEAD POLITICAL INTERFERENCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROCUREMENT PROVISIONING PROVISIONS PUBLIC PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS REPORTING STATE GOVERNMENT STATE POWER STATE SUBSIDIES STATUTORY AUDITORS STREETS TRANSPARENCY UTILITIES This study on financial accountability systems of selected state level power sector entities for India examines and highlights systemic issues of accounting, financial reporting, auditing, disclosure practices as well as capacity and policy gaps in state power sector entities. Sustainable recommendations have been developed to remove roadblocks and strengthen financial management, reporting and disclosure practices. Review and analysis of public material, financial statements, surveys and discussions with stakeholders have been used to understand operational practices and to report on the level of subsidies and return on investment. Finally, the study focuses on consensus building with stakeholders on key issues and solutions. The purpose of the recommendations is to advise the Bank and stakeholders, feeding into the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), on the quality of corporate governance, reporting and management answerability for public investment ' in the power sector. 2014-08-19T18:37:35Z 2014-08-19T18:37:35Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7285697/india-note-financial-accountability-systems-selected-state-level-power-sector-entities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19444 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work South Asia India
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topic ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTANTS
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACCOUNTS
AUDIT COMMITTEES
AUDIT REPORTS
AUDITED ACCOUNTS
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AUDITING
AUDITING PROFESSION
AUDITING STANDARDS
AUDITORS REPORTS
AUDITS
AUTHORITY
CADRES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CONSENSUS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DECISION MAKING
DECISION-MAKING
DEPRECIATION
DISCLOSURE
ELECTRICITY
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL CONTROL
FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL POLICIES
FINANCIAL REPORTING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FISCAL SITUATION
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
GOVERNMENT COMPANY
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
GOVERNMENT LEVEL
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INTEREST COSTS
INTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION
INTERNAL AUDITING
INTERNAL AUDITORS
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE ACTS
LICENSES
OVERHEAD
POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PROVISIONING
PROVISIONS
PUBLIC
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
REPORTING
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE POWER
STATE SUBSIDIES
STATUTORY AUDITORS
STREETS
TRANSPARENCY
UTILITIES
spellingShingle ACCOUNT
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTANTS
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ACCOUNTS
AUDIT COMMITTEES
AUDIT REPORTS
AUDITED ACCOUNTS
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AUDITING
AUDITING PROFESSION
AUDITING STANDARDS
AUDITORS REPORTS
AUDITS
AUTHORITY
CADRES
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CONSENSUS
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DECISION MAKING
DECISION-MAKING
DEPRECIATION
DISCLOSURE
ELECTRICITY
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
FINANCIAL CONTROL
FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL POLICIES
FINANCIAL REPORTING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FISCAL SITUATION
GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
GOVERNMENT COMPANY
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
GOVERNMENT LEVEL
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY
HUMAN RESOURCE
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INTEREST COSTS
INTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTION
INTERNAL AUDITING
INTERNAL AUDITORS
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE ACTS
LICENSES
OVERHEAD
POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROCUREMENT
PROVISIONING
PROVISIONS
PUBLIC
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICE
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
REPORTING
STATE GOVERNMENT
STATE POWER
STATE SUBSIDIES
STATUTORY AUDITORS
STREETS
TRANSPARENCY
UTILITIES
World Bank
India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities
geographic_facet South Asia
India
description This study on financial accountability systems of selected state level power sector entities for India examines and highlights systemic issues of accounting, financial reporting, auditing, disclosure practices as well as capacity and policy gaps in state power sector entities. Sustainable recommendations have been developed to remove roadblocks and strengthen financial management, reporting and disclosure practices. Review and analysis of public material, financial statements, surveys and discussions with stakeholders have been used to understand operational practices and to report on the level of subsidies and return on investment. Finally, the study focuses on consensus building with stakeholders on key issues and solutions. The purpose of the recommendations is to advise the Bank and stakeholders, feeding into the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), on the quality of corporate governance, reporting and management answerability for public investment ' in the power sector.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities
title_short India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities
title_full India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities
title_fullStr India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities
title_full_unstemmed India : Note on Financial Accountability Systems of Selected State Level Power Sector Entities
title_sort india : note on financial accountability systems of selected state level power sector entities
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7285697/india-note-financial-accountability-systems-selected-state-level-power-sector-entities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19444
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