Government expenditure has increased manifold since 1947 but the form and manner of keeping data have remained more or less the same. In light of this examine the issues with payments, accounting and transactions data system of the government. Suggest the measures to improve it. 10 marks - Civilsdaily

Government expenditure has increased manifold since 1947 but the form and manner of keeping data have remained more or less the same. In light of this examine the issues with payments, accounting and transactions data system of the government. Suggest the measures to improve it. 10 marks

Mentor’s comment- https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/digitising-the-state-6496692/ In the intro, mention the reforms in the data system could give us the “single source of truth”. In the body, as issues mention the data silos, lack of data sharing protocol, incompatibility of data of various state under the same head, obscurity, misclassification etc.Measures for improvement could be a common data … Continue reading Government expenditure has increased manifold since 1947 but the form and manner of keeping data have remained more or less the same. In light of this examine the issues with payments, accounting and transactions data system of the government. Suggest the measures to improve it. 10 marks