Govt success hinges on ability to build robust IT systems: CAG

Country's top auditor, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on Wednesday said that the success of governments will be measured by their agility in swift development of efficient and effective IT systems.

CAG Girish Chandra Murmu noted that secure and reliable IT system has also entailed massive and rapid investments by governments and organisations to procure and implement IT hardware and systems.

“This would result in enhanced responsibilities for SAIs to identify emerging IT risks, make constructive recommendations to their respective governments and ensure public trust in governmental IT spending,” he said.


Inaugurating the 30th annual meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit, Murmu informed that SAI India has already embarked on its enterprise-wide audit process automation and knowledge management system.

“As an organisation we need to converge all previous accomplishments in data analytics, IT-related initiatives, information system audits and related skills,” he said.