The Comptroller and Auditor General of India submits his report on the Union accounts to

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Correct — D, None of the above. Under Article 151(1) of the Constitution, the CAG's reports relating to the accounts of the Union are submitted to the President of India, who causes them to be laid before each House of Parliament. Since the President is not among options A-C, 'None of the above' is correct.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrong. The Chief Justice of India heads the judiciary and has no constitutional role in receiving CAG reports.  (b) Wrong. The Prime Minister heads the Council of Ministers; CAG's Union-accounts reports go to the President, not the PM.  (c) Wrong. The Vice-President's constitutional role is as ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha; he does not receive CAG reports.

Concept: Article 151 fixes where the CAG's audit reports go: reports on Union accounts go to the President (Article 151(1)); reports on a State's accounts go to that State's Governor (Article 151(2)). In both cases the recipient causes the report to be laid before the legislature (Parliament, or the State Legislature), after which the Public Accounts Committee examines it.

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