The Administrative Reforms Commission in its report on "Finance Accounts and Audit" highlighted the problem and observed that: "The Control of the Finance Minister" over public expenditure is exercised, in the main, three stages: What are these? 1. Approval of programmes or policies in principle 2. Acceptance of provision in the budget estimates, and 3. Prior sanction to incurring of expenditure subject to such power as have been delegated to the administrative ministries 4. Administration has to provide the machinery Select the correct answer:

Answer: Option A