The country's top auditor Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has been selected by United Nations World Food Programme for a six-year contract to
audit its books.
"The World Foods Programme (WFP) needed to have an external agency to do their audit. We were invited to bid for the audit and against bids from all other countries we have been selected," Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod
Rai said here.
However, Rai added that a formal announcement for the contract is likely to be made in June, when the UN body's board is scheduled to meet.
Among the total nine bids which were received from various countries, five were shortlisted and three were called for interaction including India's CAG.
The other two countries in the top three were Philippines and South Africa.
However, Rai declined to give any financial details about the contract.
The World Food Programme (WFP), a part of United Nations system, is a humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and is voluntarily funded.
France, which was auditing for the WFP before, has completed its tenure.
Talking about the professional competency of CAG, Rai said, "we compete with countries like the US, the UK, Canada and France for any job to be undertaken globally."
From 1997, CAG has been auditor of the United Nations, it had done audit of various UN bodies like FAO and WHO among others.