Friday; July 8,2016: Senior bureaucrat S K Kohli was today chosen as Controller General of Defence Accounts.

Department of Personnel and Training, issued an order which said,“The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved Kohli's empanelment for promotion to the post of CGDA He is an Indian Defence Accounts Service officer,”

The CGDA is mandated to audit, payment and accounting of all charges pertaining to the armed forces, including bills for supplies and services rendered and for construction and repair works, pay and allowances and pensions, among others.