The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the event marking the celebration of first Audit Diwas. He also unveiled the statue of SardarVallabhbhai Patel on the occasion. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Shri Girish Chandra Murmu was among those present on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said CAG not just keeps track of nations accounts but also does value addition in productivity and efficiency, therefore deliberations on the Audit Day and related programmes are part of our improvement and improvisation. CAG is an institution that has grown in importance and has created a legacy with passage of time.
The Prime Minister paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Babasaheb Ambedkar and said that these great leaders taught us how to set big goals and achieve them.
The Prime Minister said there was a time when auditing in the country was looked upon with apprehension and dread. ‘CAG vs Government’, had become the common thought of our system. But, today this mindset has changed. Today audit is being considered as an important part of value addition.
The Prime Minister commented, earlier, due to lack of transparency in the banking sector, various wrong practices were followed. The result was that the NPAs of the banks kept increasing. “You know very well how, in the past, NPAs were brushed under the carpet. However, we have put the truth of the previous governments in front of the country with complete honesty. We will find the solutions only when we recognize the problems”, he said.
The Prime Minister said “today we are making such a system in which the thinking of ‘Sarkar Sarvam’ i.e. the interference of the government is decreasing, and your work is also getting easier”, the Prime Minister told the auditors. This is in accordance with ‘Minimum Government Maximum Governance’. “Contactless customs, automatic renewals, faceless assessments, online applications for service delivery. All these reforms have ended the unnecessary interference of the government”, he added.
The Prime Minister expressed happiness that CAG has overcome the image of a meddlesome busybody fumbling with files. He noted that “CAG has changed rapidly by adopting modern procedures. Today you are using advanced analytics tools, geo spatial data and satellite imagery”
The Prime Minister, talking about the biggest epidemic of the century, pointed out that the country’s fight against it has also been extraordinary. Today we are running the world’s largest vaccination program. Just a few weeks ago, the country crossed the milestone of 100 crore vaccine doses, he informed. He suggested that CAG may study the practices that emerged during this great fight.
The Prime Minister said in olden times, information was transmitted through stories. History was written through stories. But today in the 21st century, data is information, and in the coming times our history will also be seen and understood through data. In the future, data will dictate history, he concluded.
एक समय था, जब देश में ऑडिट को एक आशंका, एक भय के साथ देखा जाता था।
‘CAG बनाम सरकार’, ये हमारी व्यवस्था की सामान्य सोच बन गई थी।
लेकिन, आज इस मानसिकता को बदला गया है।
आज ऑडिट को वैल्यू एडिशन का अहम हिस्सा माना जा रहा है: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
पहले देश के बैंकिंग सेक्टर में transparency की कमी के चलते तरह तरह की practices चलती थीं।
परिणाम ये हुआ कि बैंको के NPAs बढ़ते गए।
NPAs को कार्पेट के नीचे कवर करने का जो कार्य पहले के समय किया गया, वो आप भली-भांति जानते हैं: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
लेकिन हमने पूरी ईमानदारी के साथ पिछली सरकारों का सच देश के सामने रखा।
हम समस्याओं को पहचानेंगे तभी तो समाधान तलाश कर पाएंगे: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
आज हम ऐसी व्यवस्था बना रहे हैं जिसमें ‘सरकार सर्वम्’ की सोच, सरकार का दखल भी कम हो रहा है, और आपका काम भी आसान हो रहा है।
‘मिनिमम गवर्नमेंट मैक्सिमम गवर्नेंस’: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
Contactless customs, automatic renewals, faceless assessments, service delivery के लिए online applications,
इन सारे reforms ने सरकार के गैर-जरूरी दखल को खत्म किया है: PM @narendramodi— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
दशकों तक हमारे देश में CAG की पहचान, सरकारी फाइलों और बहीखातों के बीच माथापच्ची करने वाली संस्था के तौर पर रही है।
CAG से जुड़े लोगों की यही इमेज बन गई थी।
इसका ज़िक्र मैंने 2019 में भी आपसे किया था: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
मुझे खुशी है कि आप तेजी के साथ परिवर्तन ला रहे हैं, प्रक्रियाओं को आधुनिक बना रहे हैं।
आज आप advanced analytics tools इस्तेमाल कर रहे हैं, Geo-spatial data और satellite imagery का इस्तेमाल कर रहे हैं: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
सदी की ये सबसे बड़ी महामारी जितनी चुनौतीपूर्ण थी, उतनी ही इसके खिलाफ देश की लड़ाई भी असाधारण रही है।
आज हम दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा वैक्सीनेशन प्रोग्राम भी चला रहे हैं।
कुछ सप्ताह पहले ही देश ने 100 करोड़ वैक्सीन डोज का पड़ाव पार किया है: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
पुराने समय में information, stories के जरिए प्रसारित होती थी। कहानियों के जरिए ही इतिहास लिखा जाता था।
लेकिन आज 21वीं सदी में, data ही information है, और आने वाले समय में हमारी history भी data के जरिए देखी और समझी जाएगी।
In future, data will be dictating the history: PM
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) November 16, 2021
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