Lucknow, Aug 20: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday discussed in detail the Digital Governance Plan for Uttar Pradesh.
In a meeting lasting about one and a half hours, the two leaders also discussed several other issues related to BJP organisational affairs as well as the current political situation. It was later officially informed that the Uttar Pradesh District Good Governance Index (DGGI) 2022, the first-of-its-kind survey of districts undertaken by any State in the country, is ready for release.
The Good Governance Index (GGI) Report, 2021, prepared by DARPG, says that Uttar Pradesh has shown an incremental growth of 8.9 % over GGI 2019 performance. Among the sectors, UP has secured the top position in the Commerce & Industry sector and has also shown an increase in Social Welfare & Development and Judiciary & Public Safety. Uttar Pradesh has also performed well in citizen-centric governance including public grievance redressal.
The Union Minister also congratulated the UP CM for two districts, – Rampur and Chitrakoot, bagging the Prime Minister’s Awards on Civil Services Day, 2023. Several other innovative practices have also been recipients of the PM awards for excellence in Administration and E-Governance, including district Chandauli for Black Rice, district Siddharthnagar for ODOP- Kala Namak rice, Varanasi district for Swamitva Yojana and the state’s Mines and Mineral Management System.
As Central Minister in-charge of Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh requested the UP CM to allot land for the setting up of a BioTechnology Park in UP by the Centre’s Department of Biotechnology. The CM immediately agreed to offer the State land at the appropriate site as selected by the experts.
Dr Jitendra Singh proposed that the state administration should design a DGGI-based performance incentive system to reward the Best Practices and institute the Chief Minister’s Awards for Good Governance/Practices on the pattern of PM Awards being managed by DARPG, GoI.
Dr Jitendra Singh lauded Yogi Adityanath for providing as many as 714 Government Services online in Uttar Pradesh. He urged the UP Chief Minister to bring more services onboard the Unified Services Portal and hoped the state would soon catch up with Madhya Pradesh, which tops the rankings providing 1,000 services online. It was mentioned that Uttar Pradesh has the potential to provide e-services of at least 20 types in the Tourism sector, 9 types of Environment and 14 types in Education.
Dr Jitendra Singh appreciated the fact that the state has consistently performed exceptionally in the Grievances Disposal rankings. He suggested that the DARPG can conduct the 2nd National Workshop on SEVOTTAM in Uttar Pradesh.
