New Delhi (15.12.2024): National Communication Academy (Finance) (NCAF), a Central Training Institute of Ministry of Communications, New Delhi organised the 50th Foundation Day programme of Indian Post & Telecom Accounts & Financial Services (IPTA&FS) which was graced by Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindhia, Secretary Posts Vandita Kaul & Member Finance DCC Manish Sinha graced the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar said, “Transparency and accountability emanate normally from fiscal discipline and if you can discipline in a soothing manner like Nani or Dadi, then the lessons are learned fast.”
“The Honourable Minister in a short time has delivered, I would say, entire copy of homework but ladies and gentlemen, he is so grounded to reality because our per capita internet consumption is more than that of China and USA taken together. That speaks of two things in particular, one, accessibility. You can't use unless you have accessibility, and second, adaptability. So, a nation of 1.4 billion is having that kind of a situation,” said Dhankad.
He said, “The massive banking inclusion that was effected under visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi but the impact is there, our digital transactions last year were four times the combined transactions of USA, UK, France and Germany. And it is in this perspective, I join the Hon’ble Minister in calling your attention, which is technically a parliamentary word. The rise is incremental, it has to be now vertical.”
He further said, “As your service advances, India moves purposefully towards its destiny as a developed nation by 2047, demanding unprecedented adaptability and foresight. We are at the moment, 5th largest global economy on the way to becoming 3rd in a year so ahead of Japan and Germany, and I can share with the genius of this family. To be a developed nation though no standards are set globally, but there is convergence on one aspect, per capita income and that per capita income in this country has to take a quantum jump of eight times. We have to realise the status of a developed nation.”
He added, “Modern civil servants must be tech savvy, facilitators of change, transcending traditional administrative boundaries. Security has taken a new dimension and that security is, you have to protect beyond your boundary national digital assets. It has become crucial. Cybersecurity and data integrity are vital and they are as vital as financial prudence. We have seen recently in the reports, how systems have been paralysed or made dysfunctional and the invasion was not conventional.”
