The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) is appointed by:

Explanation

Article 148 of the Constitution creates the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. The CAG is appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal. That wording matters because the appointment is not made by Parliament, the Prime Minister, or the judiciary. Article 148 also protects the office by providing that the CAG can be removed only in the same manner and on the same grounds as a Judge of the Supreme Court, through impeachment by Parliament. The design is meant to keep the national audit authority constitutionally anchored and insulated from ordinary executive removal.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) Parliament is relevant to impeachment-based removal, but Article 148 gives the appointment power to the President, not to Parliament.
• (B) The Prime Minister may advise in the executive process, but Article 148 does not make the Prime Minister the appointing authority for the CAG.
• (D) The Chief Justice of India is not named in Article 148 as the appointing authority; the article refers instead to removal in the same manner as a Supreme Court judge.

Concept

This tests constitutional offices under Part V of the Constitution, especially appointment and removal safeguards. RAS repeatedly asks such provisions because they link institutional independence with clear Article-based facts.

Source

• India Code, Constitution of India

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