New Delhi, Sep 14: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday launched “Swachhata Portal” for Swachhata Special Campaign 3.0, https://scdpm.nic.in, at a function here for monitoring of the Swachhata campaign.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh said, “The special campaign is being launched at a time when the mood of the nation is upbeat following the unprecedented success of G20 Summit under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s Space feats of Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L1 solar mission.”
He said the Swachhata campaign, the first mass awareness campaign launched by PM Modi on August 15, 2014, soon after taking over charge in May 2014, has achieved four primary objectives. “These include change of work culture which has been amply demonstrated by flawless execution of successful hosting of the G20 Summit. Over 90% of file work has been made online under eOffice portal; visualised by the Prime Minister and his Digital India Mission helped tide over the Covid crisis. Use of Open Spaces for productive use as some of the Departments like Posts have converted junkyard to courtyard, and Archive Culture; the process of archiving files also gained momentum.”
The Union Minister said PM Modi transformed the Swachhata campaign into a mass movement within a few months. He appealed to all citizens to join hands together, particularly the media in creating awareness. DARPG has launched a compendium of 300 Best Practices which will be implemented by all Government Ministries and Departments and published widely through media, highlighting ‘Whole of Government’ and ‘Whole of Science’ approach,” he said.
“Coming close on the heels of the successful Chandrayaan-3 landing, the successful launch of Aditya L1 is also a testimony to the ‘whole of science and the whole of nation’ approach in which we have sought to adopt in our world culture,” Dr Singh said.
The Special Campaign 3.0 will be preceded by the Preparatory phase from September 15 to 30, 2023. During this, the ministries and departments will identify the pendency in selected categories and finalize the campaign sites.
The Government of India has announced special campaign 3.0 from October 2 to 31, 2023, with a focus on Swachhata and Reducing Pendency in Government Offices with a saturation approach.