Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking at the Audit Day event of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said data is information and will guide history in future as he called for robust and scientific audits to make the system robust and transparent.
Speaking at the Audit Day event of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, he said that in the past information was disseminated in the form of stories.
“History was written through stories. But in the 21st century, data is information and in times to come our history will be seen and understood using data. In future, data will determine history,” he said.
He listed reforms such as contactless customs, automatic renewal, faceless assessment and online application for service delivery, which have eliminated unnecessary government intervention.
“When transparency is brought in the system, the results are visible,” he said, adding that India is the world’s third largest ecosystem for startups and already has 50 unicorns.
He said that the documents, data and files sought by the National Auditor, CAG, should be provided by the government departments.
Will make the robust, scientific audit system robust and transparent, he said, adding that his government has taken the CAG’s concerns on fiscal deficit and state spending in the right spirit.
Appreciating the CAG’s new practice of sharing preliminary findings with the government departments before initiating the field audit, he said that a combination of the two would yield better results.
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