The Aid Accounts and Audit Division (AA&AD) of DEA is tasked with the critical responsibility of drawing, accounting, managing, and servicing external loans/assistance availed by the Government of India from multilateral and bilateral funding agencies for the implementation of various developmental projects. Additionally, AAAD conducts audits of import authorizations issued under various export promotion schemes run by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). Besides, AAAD is also responsible for maintaining loan records, external debt statistics and framing of estimates of external aid receipts and debt servicing for formulation of Union budget.