The Chief of the Army, General V.K Singh said that he will be appearing before parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday to answer queries about alleged irregularities in defence-run canteens as reported by the government auditor last year. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in New Delhi, Mr Singh said that Defence Ministry has aksed him to appear before PAC on the issue. The CAG in its report in August last year had criticised the services over the way Canteen Stores Department (CSD) and its unit-run canteens function and the lack of transparency in their accounting methods. The PAC had earlier called the three service chiefs for providing accounts of the unit-run canteens to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).