Ministries Get Training On New Dashboard To Measure 'Impact' Of PM's Speeches: Report

An email titled 'Online Training Program on PM Speech Tracker' was sent by NITI Aayog on December 13 to the secretaries of various ministries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing rally (Source: File photo/AFP)

New Delhi: Various ministries and departments of the Modi government have been asked to track the speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by updating the 'PM Speech Tracker’ dashboard, as reported by The Indian Express.

Government think tank NITI Aayog organised an online training program for several ministries on December 15, 2021, to discuss the process of updating the dashboard/tracker and other aspects of its functioning.

An email titled 'Online Training Program on PM Speech Tracker' was sent by NITI Aayog on December 13 to the secretaries of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Road Transport and Highways, Aviation, Agriculture, Commerce, Tourism and Railways.

According to The Indian Express, the email to the secretaries of the ministry read, "I have been directed to inform you that an ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAMME ON PM SPEECH TRACKER’ for line ministries is scheduled on 15th of December 2021, 3 pm to 4 PM. Therefore, it is requested that the ministry may please nominate concerned Officer(s) to attend/ participate in this online training programme being organised by NITI Aayog,"

In response to an RTI filed by the newspaper, NITI Aayog said the training program was conducted in coordination with the NIC division to understand the working of the dashboard. The online training program on “PM Speech Tracker” was organized by NIC and NITI Aayog on 15th December 2021 at 3 PM. Concerned Ministries participated in the online training programme. During the training, the participants were informed by the concerned Ministries about various aspects of Dashboard Tracker and its working process.