📜 Official Text

(1) There shall be a Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, appointed by the President, removable only in the same manner and on the same grounds as a Supreme Court Judge. (2) The CAG takes the prescribed oath before entering office. (3) The CAG's salary and service conditions are determined by Parliament (or, until then, the Second Schedule), and cannot be varied to their disadvantage after appointment. (4) The CAG cannot hold any further office under the Union or a State government after leaving this office. (5)-(6) Service conditions of the CAG's department staff, and the CAG's administrative powers, are prescribed by presidential rules made in consultation with the CAG; the office's administrative expenses are charged on the Consolidated Fund of India.