India’s technology driven governance practices emulated by other countries: Dr Jitendra

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NEW DELHI: Technology driven Good Governance Practices developed by India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are being acknowledged globally and emulated by other countries as well, Union Minister Incharge DoPT Dr Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.
Subscribing to the approach of ‘Neighbours First’, while interacting with participants of the 29th Capacity Building Program (CBP) for Civil Servants of Maldives & 1st CBP for Civil Servants of Cambodia, Dr Jitendra Singh said we are ready to share our success stories and experiences with others.
Neighbours like Maldives and Cambodia have particularly much to gain from India considering the commonality of our cultural, traditional and historical legacy, he said.
The Union Minister said that India today has achieved a level in Civil Services training which is being emulated by other countries. He said that many students are visiting India from neighbouring countries for studies.
Dr Jitendra said that PM Modi has focussed on ‘Maximum Governance and Minimum Government’.
“Citizen centric reforms initiated by the Prime Minister in the last over nine years has led to “Ease of Governance”, leading to ‘Ease of Living’ for the citizens,” he said.
Underlining on the optimum use of technology, Dr Jitendra said that Civil Servants need to harness the potential of the Digital Revolution and embrace the latest IT innovations as a means to advance Digital Governance. He said that the emphasis is on e-governance and paperless office, which has made many things easier and simpler.
“More than 1.17 crore pensioners are submitting Digital Life Certificates, including 19.52 lakh DLCs generated using Face Authentication Technique,” he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Government’s priority has been on citizen-centricity, transparency and citizen-participation. He further said that the Government has done away with many obsolete rules and laws.