Digital India push: Cabinet secretary asks officials to use tech, speed up capital expenditure

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has written to all secretaries to the central government, asking them to focus on data and digitalisation.

With digital India in focus, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has shot off a letter to all secretaries to the central government, asking them to focus on data, digitalisation and the announcements made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech.

The letter by the cabinet secretary, which was written on September 20, two days after PM Modi held a meeting with all secretaries across ministries, emphasises making sure that all schemes and programmes of the Government of India have an inbuilt digital component.