Dr Jitendra inaugurates Jaipur Conference, hails Bharat’s Amrit Kaal journey
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JAIPUR: While inaugurating the 2-day Regional Conference on Good Governance here today, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh hailed Bharat’s Amrit Kaal journey to usher in “Viksit” Bharat.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi, Bharat is on the threshold of emerging as “Viksit” Bharat and the groundwork to achieve this target has been effectively accomplished in the course of the last nine years.
The Modi Government has taken several strides to adopt new age technologies for better delivery of Good Governance and Services to citizens and many of these practices deserve to be shared widely so that others too can emulate the same, said the Minister. Some of these best practices, like aspirational districts, Gatishakti and Covid vaccine are being cited by other countries as well, he said. have turned into role models.
The Union Minister said, “The ‘Maximum Governance – Minimum Government’ policy has been translated into reality by digital empowerment of citizens. A confident India is manifest in the strides in Science & Technology, Infrastructure, Digital Empowerment of citizens”.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, as we embark on this journey towards building the Atma Nirbhar Bharat (a self-reliant India), we have to focus on empowering our citizens and ensure even the last person at the end of the line does not feel left out of the nation’s progress to prosperity.
“As Prime Minister Modi often exhorts- empowering our citizens means ensuring that every individual in our country has access to basic necessities such as Healthcare, Education, and Employment. It also means creating an environment where every citizen has the opportunity to realize their full potential,” he said.
Quoting Prime Minister from his address at the Civil Services Day ceremony in April this year, Dr Jitendra Singh said, “it is important for Viksit Bharat that India’s government system supports the aspirations of every Indian and every Karmayogi(government servant) helps every citizen in realizing their dreams.
“Restructuring of the Scheme for PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration has been one of the defining features of PM Modi. He has redefined the scheme by ensuring universal participation, defining priority sector schemes and streamlining the entire process as a digital process,” he said. Lauding the DARPG for organizing sessions by recipients of the PM Awards conferred on the 16th Civil Service Day on 21st April, 2023, the DoPT Minister said the replication and dissemination of Best Practices are crucial for dissemination of Good Governance practices.
