<P> The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a committee of selected members of Parliament, constituted by the Parliament of India, for the auditing of the revenue and the expenditure of the Government of India . </P> <P> The PAC is formed every year with a strength of not more than 22 members of which 15 are from Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament, and 7 from Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament . The term of office of the members is one year . The Chairman is appointed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha . Since 1967, the chairman of the committee is selected from the opposition . Earlier, it was headed by a member of the ruling party . Its chief function is to examine the audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) after it is laid in the Parliament . CAG assists the committee during the course of investigation . None of the 22 members shall be a minister in the government . </P> <P> The current PAC is headed by Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge Senior Congress MP of Gulbarga, Karnataka . The term of office of members of the committee does not exceed one year at a time . </P> <P> In 2011, the Public Accounts Committee probed the 2G spectrum case which brought the committee to public attention . The committee, on 4 April 2011, summoned Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata group, and Niira Radia, corporate lobbyist regarding the scam . The PAC asked Congress members to apologise to Comptroller and Auditor General of India for making allegations against it . </P>

Who has been appointed the new chairman of the public accounts committee (pac) of parliament