Conference on 'good governance' to be held on Jan 24-25

Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, an autonomous charitable trust, will hold a conference on 'Good Governance through People's Participation' on January 24 and 25 at its campus in Bhayandar in neighbouring Thane district.
"Good governance is necessary for a stable and prosperous democracy, which is not possible without public participation. It is not the sole responsibility of the government and people must take part to make it a success. Mere sloganeering won't work," vice-chairman of Prabodhini, Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, said in a press conference today.
Over 200 delegates belonging to NGOs, government agencies, professionals, students, members of academia, activists and others will take part in the convention and will share their experiences and strategy for good governance, which has become quite relevant in the last two to three decades, the BJP Rajya Sabha MP said.

Madhya Pradesh chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan would inaugurate the convention, while Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis would chair the event.
How to involve local community in decision-making, how to implement strategies, how to share direct and indirect benefits and monitoring and evaluation of the projects would be the key focus areas of the convention, he said adding that developing a repository of knowledge pool of case studies, policy initiatives, success stories, in order to establish a network for mutual learning would be the prime objectives of the convention.
In January 2016, the trust had held its annual convention over the topic "Startup India - Standup India" while in January 2015, "Swachha Bharat" was the subject of the convention.

"Maharashtra government is practising good governance and the successful implementation of 'Jalyukt Shivar' programme is a living example of the people's participation," he said.
Secretary of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj J S Mathur, MP and social worker Anant Hegde, Deputy Commissioner Chandigarh administration Ajit Joshi and anti-river pollution campaigner Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal are the prominent delegates to take part in the convention, Sahasrabuddhe said.