1. Provide accounting and financial information to executive authorities for the performance of their Managerial functions.

2. Provide timely and accurate figures to Govt.for preparation of financial accounts of the Defence Services.

Responsibilities :- 

1. Preparation of schedules from Punching Media and supporting vouchers in respect of Remittance heads.

2. Maintenance of Debt Head Registers.

3. Settlement of trancsactions under the Defence Proforma Accounting procedure.

4. Reconciliation of the balances as per monthly statement of closing balances of R.B.I. with the balances worked out in the books of the Controllers through Focal Point Branch System.
   Controllers will select the nearest SBI(Treasury) to function as Focal Point Branch so as to obtain Debit/Credit Scrolls from all the Banks/Treasuries & passon to CDA concerned, All RBIs will send scrolls directly to each CDA who functions as FPB.

5. Watching clearance of the outstandings in respect of suspense heads under the Defence Proforma Account "Remittance into Banks/Treasuries", "Cheques and Bills", "Reserve Bank Suspense", "Reserve Bank Suspense English Translations:, and "Reserve Bank Suspense unclassified" and the "Remittance heads-Accounts with States etc."

6. Accounting and adjustment of transactions relation to D.A.D. Receipts and Expenditure.

7. Adjustment of Defence transaction arising in England and adjustable in India and payments in India on behalf of U.K. Govt. by the Defence Accounts Officers.

8. Processing of transactions relating to Exchange Accounts between Controllers of Defence Accounts.

9. Preparation and submission of Budget Estimates for which Defence Accounts Department is responsible.

10. Watching progress of expenditure against allotments in respect of locally controlled heads, and rendition of monthly statements of expenditure to the local controlling authorities and checking of budget estimates received from them.

11. Banking of regimental funds.

12. Appropriation Reports.

13. Review of compilation.

14. Maintenance of Defence Ledger.

15. Preparation of Reviews of Balances in respect of Defence and D.A.D.

16. Preparation of annual statement of expenditure under Head "2049. Interest on other obligations".

17. Checking of annual consolidated balanced accounts of Defence Services.

18. Maintenance of accounts in respect of Indian Ordnances Department Provident Fund and the Contributory Provident Fund.

19. Maintenance of HBA Documents of DAD till the loan with interest is liquidated under the control of AO incharge.