Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 21 addressed the Accountants General and Deputy Accountants General Conclave in New Delhi and said that India aims to make evidence-based policy-making an integral part of governance by the year 2022
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (November 21) unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office premises in New Delhi.
PM Modi addressed the Accountants General and Deputy Accountants General Conclave today. Earlier, PM Modi had stated that the Centre aims to make evidence-based policy-making an integral part of governance by the year 2022.
"Our aim is to make evidence-based policy-making an integral part of governance by the year 2022. It will also help in creating a new identity of New India. So is the right phase for the transformation of audit and assurance sector. Now CAG also has to move towards CAG 2.0," PM Modi said in the conclave.
"The responsibility of the CAG is crucial as it plays an important role in keeping the economic conduct of the country and society sacred. And therefore, you have high expectations," he added.
He further added that all stakeholders want accurate audits so that they can execute their plans properly, but they also don't want the audit process to take a lot of time.
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