<h1>Chief Adviser Cost appointment strengthens central advice on cost accounts and authorises cost investigations for government entities.</h1> Chief Adviser Cost appointment: Shri D.C. Bajaj elevated to the post as senior-most officer of the Indian Cost Accounts Service, responsible for advising ministries and government undertakings on cost accounts matters and undertaking cost investigations on their behalf, providing central technical guidance and investigatory action on cost accounting across government entities.