INTRODUCTION

Computerisation of Accounting functions in CBEC involve accounting of both Revenue and Expenditure Accounts. Since the volume of revenue transactions are very heavy in CBEC, separate package for Revenue Accounting has been developed for the specific needs of CBEC.

Computerisation of Revenue Accounting has been in operation in the 31 Pay & accounts Offices under CBEC since 1985 through Micro Processor computer systems. It worked smoothly through the MONEX package developed for 6 to 7 years. Thereafter the Micro Processor systems became obsolete and were replaced by Personal Computer systems - PC-80386 & PC-8088 from 1992 onwards. For the new Personal Computers, a software package for the revenue accounting "REVACT" has been developed by NIC in consultation with the EDP section of Pr. CCA office.

During the year 1996-97, all the PC-8088/PC-XT computer systems were replaced with the Pentium systems in all the PAOs for fast data entry & processing in REVACT package.

Computerisation of Expenditure Accounting has also been implemented in the Pay & Accounts Offices of the CBEC through the mainstream accounting packages IMPROVE and CONTACT, which have been developed by the NIC in consultation with the Controller General of Accounts on the new Personal computers. IMPROVE is the expenditure accounting software designed for Pay and Accounts Offices and CONTACT is designed for use in Pr. Accounts Office for compilation of monthly accounts received from Pay and Accounts Offices. IMPROVE has now been replaced with an upgraded package called COMPACT.