Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Dec 14: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances,Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said here that “Ease of Governance” paves the way for “Ease of Living”.
He was addressing the valedictory session of the capacity building program for officers of Maldives Civil Services, including Permanent Secretaries and Secretary Generals of the Republic of Maldives, conducted by the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG). He also presented thefelicitation awards on the occasion.
This is the first capacity building program for Top Management Officials of the Republic of Maldives conducted by the National Centre for Good Governance in India. Under Memorandum of Understanding between India and the Republic of Maldives, 1000 civil servants of Maldives are to be trained at the National Centre for Good Governance. Till date, 3 capacity building programs for 100 Officials have been successfully conducted.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh said, these programmes help in providing training in implementation of ease of governance which leads to ease of living for citizens. He said that these programmes have now been institutionalised and developed into a healthy convention. He added that these initiatives will help in promoting healthy relations with the neighbouring countries.
The Minister said that Prime Minister has adopted the mantra of ‘Minimum Government, Maximum Governance’ and given priority to the last man in the last queue. He added that the Government’s emphasis has been on citizen-centricity, transparency and citizen-participation. He further said that the Government has done away with many obsolete rules and laws.
The Minister emphasised on the maximum and optimum utilisation of technology. He mentioned about many portals including RTI portal. He added that the emphasis is on e-governance and paperless governance, which has made many things easier and simpler. The ease of governance leads to ease of living, he added.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Grievance redressal mechanism has been made prompt and pro-active by the Government. The mechanism has been institutionalised now with the number of grievances lodged increasing from 2 lakh earlier to about 16 lakhs now. This increase is due to the trust shown by the people of the country in the grievance redressal mechanism of the Government, the Minister said.
Abdulla Saeed, DG, Maldives Civil Service Commission and Head of the visiting delegation expressed his gratitude to NCGG for conducting this training.
Additional Secretary DARPG, V. Srinivas informed that 4 capacity building programs have been conducted by the National Centre for Good Governance in the year 2019 attended by 100 officials of the Republic of Maldives. For the year 2020, another 7 capacity building programs for training 200 officials have been drawn up. He further added that the NCGG capacity building programs have been appreciated by the participating officials as immensely beneficial for their career progression.
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