Guwahati, Jan 09: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance reforms have helped in mainstreaming of Northeast.
Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day Regional Conference on the theme “e-governance” organised here by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) in collaboration with the Government of Assam, the Union Minister said the “path-breaking” decisions were taken by this government for the development of Northeast that are visible in the quality of life of the people of this region.
”Northeast today is being cited as an example of Modi’s development model,” he said.
Dr Jitendra said that a series of reforms were brought in by the Union government for ease of governance and ease of delivery of services. “The Prime Minister’s Awards were given a new format. An objective criteria was made based on flagship schemes. The idea was to let all the districts compete. As a result, now we have the participation of more than 750 districts and we have received some of the best excellence awards from North East,” he said.
He asserted that mainstreaming had to happen on the level of thoughts and the best practices. “We started the Swachhata campaign and 1162 crore rupees was raised by just selling scrap and waste. The initiative brings positive changes across the country,” he informed.
Dr Singh also spoke on the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS). “It is not only a means of involving citizens but also a means of binding the entire country,” he said, adding that initiatives such as the Civil Services Day, Good Governance Index, and regional conferences have given a massive outreach to NE.
Emphasising that the regional conference on e-governance serves as an important platform to transfer knowledge and practices that can be mutually beneficial, Dr Jitendra said that under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the government is taking several strides in the field of IT and new-age technologies for better delivery of good governance to citizens, he added.
The Union Minister said that fulfilment of the objective of self-reliant India requires working towards Vision 2047. “This includes major parts of technological enhancements and drawing optimum solutions, our focus would be developing the capabilities of officers during the early years of their career so that they have about 20-25 years to contribute towards building a glorious and self-reliant India during Amrit Kaal of next 25 years,” he added.
Paban Kumar Borthakur, Chief Secretary, Government of Assam and V. Srinivas, Secretary, DARPG also addressed the inaugural session. During the session, a booklet on the Journey of 25 Regional Conferences and e-journal MGMG (July–Dec 2023 edition) on e-Governance Initiatives was released.
The main objective of the conference is to bring national and state-level public administration organizations on the same platform to share experiences in innovations in public administration, transforming future public solutions for improving quality of life, good governance, e-governance, digital governance, etc.
The conference is a two-day event in which representatives/ DM/DC of States are invited to make presentations on PM Awarded initiatives/e-governance Awarded initiatives /select good governance practices of the States for wider dissemination and possible replication.
