Srinagar, May 16 (UNI) Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said the Central Government was committed to raise the living standards of its citizens and ensure inclusive growth for all.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accorded top priority in bringing overall development in the Union Territory.
“Prime Minister’s objective scientific approach even in designing, structuring and planning in administrative reforms has worked to a great benefit as it is based on very objective parameters,” said the Union Minister, during the inauguration of two-day Regional Conference on theme ‘Bringing Citizens and Government Closer – Through Administrative Reforms’ at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar.
He said the centre will train 20,000 Jammu and Kashmir Government officials in grievance redressal and the task will be undertaken by the Department of Administrative Reforms, Union Ministry of Personnel.
The Regional Conference is being organised by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), GoI, in collaboration with the UT.
The conference is being held in the backdrop of replication of good governance practices in the Union Territory of J&K. 16 PM Awardees presented their innovations in the 2 day event.
Singh said Jammu and Kashmir became the first UT in the country to have Good Governance Index and was also the first to launch District Good Governance Index for 20 districts in January this year.
The Index represented a major administrative reform in benchmarking good governance at district level and a significant step for timely collation and publication of statistics at both the state and district level, he added.
