Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and MoS in Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Space & Atomic Energy inaugurated the meeting of Principal Secretaries of General Administration Departments (GAD)/Personnel Departments here today which provides an opportunity for face-to-face interaction for achievement of common goals in periodic meaningful dialogue between States and the Centre.
Dr. Jitendra Singh laid stress on the need of having transparent, objective, responsive and responsible administration for formulation and implementation of policies and programmes for the general public. He highlighted the initiative taken by the present government at the centre by way of simplification of procedure, practices, rules, replacement of affidavits by self certification, increased use of information technology etc., to achieve this shared objective. The goal will have to be providing citizen- centric work practices, procedures and policies in personnel management by appropriately leveraging technology.
During the meeting besides the issues of overall improvement in the governance, periodic administrative issues concerning state governments and DOPT like cadre review of IAS, promotion of State Service Officers to IAS, fixation of seniority of promotee IAS officers, officers on inter cadre deputation, reward policies in case of outstanding performance, setting up of additional CBI Courts for speedy disposal of cases, issues relating to training of officers of All India Services/ Central Services and State Services etc. were discussed with the representatives of the State Governments.
The status of training measures taken by different state governments was reviewed. The programmes and assistance available from Central Government was explained to participants. Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Personnel) emphasized capacity building of Group C employees which constitutes the bulk of bureaucracy and impacts the effectiveness most. States were encouraged to come up with innovative ideas of training Group C employees for achieving higher level of governance.
During the course of deliberation, the Central Government took due note of the various proactive policy initiatives and measures under taken by various state governments like implementation of e-office where 90% of the Secretariat work in Odisha is done through e-office, abolition of affidavits as a reform measure by the government of Punjab, issuance of caste certificate by the Government of West Bengal at school level, Human Resource Management by Government of Gujarat, training of cutting edge functionaries by Governments of Bihar and Assam etc., which have helped in further simplification of government procedures, increased use of IT etc, to make the administration more responsive and citizen centric.
Dr. Jitendra Singh laid stress on the need of having transparent, objective, responsive and responsible administration for formulation and implementation of policies and programmes for the general public. He highlighted the initiative taken by the present government at the centre by way of simplification of procedure, practices, rules, replacement of affidavits by self certification, increased use of information technology etc., to achieve this shared objective. The goal will have to be providing citizen- centric work practices, procedures and policies in personnel management by appropriately leveraging technology.
During the meeting besides the issues of overall improvement in the governance, periodic administrative issues concerning state governments and DOPT like cadre review of IAS, promotion of State Service Officers to IAS, fixation of seniority of promotee IAS officers, officers on inter cadre deputation, reward policies in case of outstanding performance, setting up of additional CBI Courts for speedy disposal of cases, issues relating to training of officers of All India Services/ Central Services and State Services etc. were discussed with the representatives of the State Governments.
The status of training measures taken by different state governments was reviewed. The programmes and assistance available from Central Government was explained to participants. Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary (Personnel) emphasized capacity building of Group C employees which constitutes the bulk of bureaucracy and impacts the effectiveness most. States were encouraged to come up with innovative ideas of training Group C employees for achieving higher level of governance.
During the course of deliberation, the Central Government took due note of the various proactive policy initiatives and measures under taken by various state governments like implementation of e-office where 90% of the Secretariat work in Odisha is done through e-office, abolition of affidavits as a reform measure by the government of Punjab, issuance of caste certificate by the Government of West Bengal at school level, Human Resource Management by Government of Gujarat, training of cutting edge functionaries by Governments of Bihar and Assam etc., which have helped in further simplification of government procedures, increased use of IT etc, to make the administration more responsive and citizen centric.
