Jaipur, Oct 04: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy, and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Wednesday applauded Bharat’s transformative journey towards a “Viksit” Bharat. He emphasised that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the country is poised to emerge as a “Viksit” Bharat, with substantial groundwork accomplished over the last nine years.
Inaugurating the two-day Regional Conference on Good Governance here, Dr Jitendra said that the Modi Government has taken several strides to adopt new-age technologies for better delivery of Good Governance and Services to citizens. Many of these practices deserve to be shared widely so that others too can emulate the same, he said.
Some of these best practices, like aspirational districts, Gatishakti, and Covid vaccine have turned into role models., Dr Jitendra said, adding, “The ‘Maximum Governance – Minimum Government’ policy has been translated into reality by digital empowerment of citizens. A confident India is manifest in the strides in Science & Technology, Infrastructure and Digital Empowerment of citizens.”
As we embark on this journey towards building an Atma Nirbhar Bharat (a self-reliant India), we have to focus on empowering our citizens and ensure even the last person at the end of the line does not feel left out of the nation’s progress to prosperity, the union minister said, adding, “Empowering our citizens means ensuring that every individual in our country has access to basic necessities such as Healthcare, Education, and Employment. It also means creating an environment where every citizen has the opportunity to realize their full potential.”
Quoting the Prime Minister from his address at the Civil Services Day ceremony in April this year, Dr Singh said, “It is important for Viksit Bharat that India’s government system supports the aspirations of every Indian and every Karmayogi (government servant) helps every citizen in realizing their dreams.”
He said the Regional Conferences on Good Governance serve as an important platform to transfer knowledge and practices that can be mutually beneficial. We need to form groups of officers with citizen centricity and build their capacity in each district to help the nation make rapid strides in development, he said.
The DARPG has organised 24 Regional Conferences in the past 9 years, 5 were held in 2022 alone. The Conferences covered the length and breadth of India – from Leh to Srinagar to Bhopal to Bengaluru to Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai, to Shillong, Kohima, and Itanagar.
Dr Jitendra said that the DARPG has launched a compendium of 300 Best Practices that will be implemented by all Government Ministries and Departments, highlighting a ‘Whole of Government’ and ‘Whole of Science’ approach.
Stating that Prime Minister Modi has stressed that grievance redressal is the most important aspect of democracy, Dr Singh said that when the CPGRAMS was introduced in 2014, only about 2 lakh grievances were being filed across the country every year, but today, there are about 20 lakhs, ten times more.
He pointed out that Prime Minister Modi has turned the Swachhata campaign into a Jan Aandolan (People’s Movement), urging all citizens to voluntarily participate in Shram Daan.
The union minister emphasised that India’s States can work in unison to make good governance at the village level a reality, possible only by improving coordination and synergy building.
