Monitor cyber threat, bring all departments on e-bill platform, Somanathan tells pay and accounts officers

Finance Secretary T V Somanathan on Friday asked pay and accounts (P&A) officers to make efforts to bring all government departments on the e-bill platform and also constantly monitor cyber security threats to India’s payment and accounting network.

Addressing the officers of Controller General of Accounts (CGA) and the Indian Civil Accounts Organisation (ICAO) on the 48th Civil Accounts Day, Somanathan said bill payment efficiency has been taken up as a top priority item by the CGA as a result of which the efficiency has substantially improved.