Dr Jitendra inaugurates countrywide campaign

New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh Monday inaugurated the countrywide “Good Governance Week” celebrations from 19-25 December 2022, with a nationwide launch of “Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore” campaign.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said, the ultimate litmus test of good governance is that its benefits should reach the remotest citizen living in the remotest village of India.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, the “Rural Regeneration” vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi entails an outcome-based approach to assess real development on the ground. Modi had once said, “The country has sufficient resources to deliver benefits to the last man in the queue in the true spirit of Antyodaya and the desired results can be achieved through Good Governance”.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, for sustainable development of rural India, Schemes must take into account the needs and wishes of the people in the true bottom-up approach and should be implemented through latest technological tools in a transparent, effective and accountable manner. He added that the big dream of India becoming a 5 trillion economy cannot be achieved without including villages. The Minister underlined that development of rural and neglected areas has been one of the main priorities of the Modi Government and to bridge the gap between Urban and Rural India.

Offering his homage to India’s former Prime Minister, Bharat Ratna Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, in whose memory the Good Governance Day and Good Governance Week are celebrated, Dr Jitendra Singh said, Modi has translated the vision of Vajpayee into action by adopting the policy maxim ‘Maximum Governance, Minimum Government’.

Dr Jitendra Singh informed that this year, on the directions of Prime Minister Modi an innovative and far-reaching step has been taken for involving a retired DC/DM of a District in preparation of Vision document of the District for the Year 2047, District @100. He remarked that the nation can only develop when all the districts of the country leveraging their inherent strengths aim to develop with a focused approach.

As a part of the campaign, District Collectors will organise a workshop on “Good Governance Practices/Initiatives” and make efforts to outline a Vision for the District with inputs of a retired IAS, who has served as DC/ DM in the District but has since retired as well as from academicians and think-tanks of leading educational institutions. Under the Vision Document District@100, the Districts will be defining Vision/ goals for the District for the year 2047.

It is expected that the administrative experience of the retired DC/DM, academicians, think-tanks combined with the energy of the current DC/ DM will define and produce a Visionary document for the District for its path ahead in the journey of development.

Dr Jitendra Singh said, as the theme itself suggests ‘Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore’, the emphasis during the campaign is for taking the administration directly to the people.He said, Modi Government has strived to bring thousands of citizen centric services to the doorsteps of citizens by a comprehensive digitization policy, so that fruits of development of the country are equally distributed in the entire country, without a Rural-Urban divide.

He informed that District Collectors will organise special camps/ events at Tehsil/ Panchayat Samiti level to resolve public grievances and for improved service delivery.

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