<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked auditor CAG to develop technical tools to check fraud in government departments and play a role in making India a 5 trillion economy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was addressing a conclave of the Comptroller of Auditor General on transforming audit and assurance in a digital world.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our target is to make evidence-based policymaking a part of governance by 2022," he said while stressing that India is gearing to become a 5 trillion economy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He asked the CAG to develop technical tools to root out frauds in departments.</p>
<p class="title">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked auditor CAG to develop technical tools to check fraud in government departments and play a role in making India a 5 trillion economy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was addressing a conclave of the Comptroller of Auditor General on transforming audit and assurance in a digital world.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our target is to make evidence-based policymaking a part of governance by 2022," he said while stressing that India is gearing to become a 5 trillion economy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He asked the CAG to develop technical tools to root out frauds in departments.</p>