The salary and service conditions of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India are governed by which Schedule of the Constitution of India?

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Correct — B, Second Schedule. Article 148(3) of the Constitution provides that the salary and other conditions of service of the CAG shall be as determined by Parliament by law, and, until so determined, as specified in the Second Schedule — the same Schedule that fixes the emoluments of the President, Governors, the Speaker/Deputy Speaker, and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) The First Schedule lists the names of the States and Union Territories and their territorial extent — unrelated to the CAG's salary.  (c) The Third Schedule contains the forms of oaths and affirmations for various constitutional offices, not salary provisions.  (d) The Fourth Schedule allocates seats in the Rajya Sabha to States and Union Territories, not the CAG's salary.

Concept: The Second Schedule of the Constitution is the 'salary schedule' for India's highest constitutional office-holders — the President, Governors, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Speakers of State Legislative Assemblies, and judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts, along with the CAG. Article 148(3) specifically ties the CAG's own salary and conditions of service to this Schedule (until Parliament legislates otherwise), and further guarantees they cannot be varied to the CAG's disadvantage after appointment.

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