Programmes and policy need effective monitoring and evaluation - Rao Inderjit Singh

One of the major objectives of the new Government is Minimum Government Maximum Governance and the governance implies ensuring that requisite social and economic services reach all sections of the society in an effective and efficient manner, which would be possible only with a strong and robust system of monitoring and evaluation. This was started by Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of State for planning while inaugurating EvalWeek, a five days event featuring consultations on strategies to spread awareness about and use of evaluation as a tool for enhancing result from policies and programmes of good governance here today. The event was jointly organized by National Institute for Labour Economics Research and Development (NILRD) and Programme Evaluation Organization of the NITI Aayog. The Minister pointed out that the new Government has taken a number of new developmental initiatives such as Make in India campaign, Swachcha Bharat Abhiyan, Digital India campaign, Jan Dhan Yojana, etc which have need to be monitored regularly for better delivery.