--- title: "who wrote the Not Just an Accountant and When?" description: "who wrote the Not Just an Accountant and When?" author: "Rajib Ahluwalia" published: 2018-08-27 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48586/who-wrote-the-not-just-an-accountant-and-when category: "books & novels" tags: ["books and literature"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # who wrote the Not Just an Accountant and When? who wrote the Not Just an Accountant and When?\ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by UTKARSHA SINGHROUL **The book ‘Not Just an Accountant: The Diary of the Nation’s Conscience Keeper’ was written by 11th [Comptroller and Auditor General](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37914/who-appoints-comptroller-and-auditor-general) (CAG) of India “Vinod Rai”. The book was released on October 10, 2014, and was published under the “Rupa Publications India”.** ![who wrote the Not Just an Accountant and When?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/b1484644-e486-4f1d-8a02-ad20e8d952ec/images/6c4327f0-019a-46a9-8f3b-f712649b9a17.jpeg)\ **He is a symbol of the anti-corruption movement. In his book, Rai sheds light on the [major scams](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/144/cbi-fodder-scam-and-laloo-prasad-yadav) that have shaken the country during the Prime Minister ‘[Manmohan Singh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48500/when-was-the-the-accidental-prime-minister-the-making-and-unmaking-of-manmohan-singh-written)’ from Congress Party was on the working tenure.** He highlighted the various incidences like the procedural irregularity in issuing the license for second generation spectrum allotment; the last minute changes made in conducting the **XIX [Commonwealth Games](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40159/which-city-will-host-the-commonwealth-games-in-2018)**; the loss of National Resources while Coal Block Allocation, which is famously known as **‘COALGATE Scam’**; tragic **Civil Aviation incidence in India**; the display of [Capitalism](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40581/how-is-the-mass-migration-of-african-americans-in-the-1910s-20s-related-to-capitalism) in the exploration of Hydrocarbons. After the release, the book was very much highlighted in the news because the author Vinod Rai revealed that the UPA [government](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/218/omg-is-it-a-government-school) was pressurizing him to remove certain names from the Audit Report of Comptroller and Auditor General on the Coalgate Scam and the Commonwealth Games Scam. In return to this revelation, the [Congress](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45172/where-did-the-congress-working-committee-first-accept-the-idea-of-the-quit-india-movement) Government accused Rai that he is just trying to sensationalize the book to increase its sale. The Congress leader even questioned him that why he didn’t make all these facts in public while he was in the office. They even asked Rai to reveal those names who tried to influence his report over all these scams. Vinod Rai during his tenure in the office presented a strong and firm image of himself that he did very well and was true to the work. He is the first of the Indian Comptroller and Auditor General who will be remembered for showing the if the statutory bodies do their job appropriately and truthfully then they can make government and [politicians](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/280/70-is-the-new-40-in-politics) accountable for their doings. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48586/who-wrote-the-not-just-an-accountant-and-when Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.