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Reform must be advanced for improved public service:Vishwanath

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
The Centre has taken several initiatives for better administrative reforms and will work towards reform, perform and transform.

"The reform agenda must be advanced for improved public service and good governance in the country," Secretary of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances and Pension (DARPG) C Vishwanath said while inaugurating a two day long Regional Conference on 'Path Breaking and High Impact initiatives in Citizen Centric Services Delivery System'.

The need of the hour was to replicate the successful implementation strategies across the country for equitable and sustainable development, he said.

Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam T Y Das said the state government was committed to be more accountable, transparent and citizen centric to meet the public expectation.
 

She also raised the matter of poor telecom service, which was the main hurdle for e-governance in Assam.

Assam's Principal Secretary of Administrative Reforms Training Department Paban Kumar Borthakur welcomed the delegates from twelve states and explained the importance and outer review of the conference.

On the first day of the conference, topics like Transformational e-initiative in Health and Education sector, e-Office and CPGRMS and Vision on Digital Transformation for Citizen Centric Delivery was elaborately discussed.

Delegates from eight North Eastern states including Sikkim along with those from West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand were participating in the conference.

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First Published: Sep 15 2016 | 6:13 PM IST

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