PTI| New Delhi | India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked auditor CAG to develop technical tools to check frauds in government departments and play a role in making India a USD 5 trillion economy. He was addressing a conclave of the Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG) on transforming audit and assurance in a digital world.
"CAG should look for innovative methods to deal with occupational fraud," he said adding that the auditor can play a role in improving governance and efficiency. Modi said the government wants to move to evidence-backed policy-making by 2022 and the CAG can play a role by becoming a think tank and focusing on big data analysis.
"Our target is to make evidence-based policymaking a part of governance by 2022," he said while stressing that India is gearing up to become a USD 5 trillion economy. He asked the CAG to develop technical tools to root out frauds in departments.
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