Minimum Government - Maximum Governance: Prime Minister had given the mantra of 'Minimum Government, Maximum Governance'.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
PM addresses Civil Servants on the occasion of Civil Services Day
15 awards presented under various categories
Citizen is essential stakeholder of governance, says Dr Jitendra Singh
The
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today addressed Civil Servants on
the occasion of Civil Services Day. He said the occasion is one of
Appreciation, Evaluation and Introspection. He described the Prime
Minister’s Award as a step towards motivating civil servants, and
congratulated the awardees. He said the awards also indicate the
priorities of the Government.
He said that the priority programmes
such as Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Deendayal Upadhyay Kaushalya
Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, and Digital Payments, for which
awards have been given, are important programmes for New India.
Speaking
on the subject of Aspirational Districts, the Prime Minister said that
these 115 districts could become growth engines for their entire States.
He stressed on the importance of Jan Bhagidaari, or public
participation, in development. He said 2022, the seventy-fifth
anniversary of independence, can become an inspiration for working
towards achieving the India of the dreams of our freedom fighters.
The
Prime Minister asserted that all available technology, including space
technology, should be used for improving governance. He said it is
important for civil servants to keep pace with emerging technologies
worldwide.
He described civil servants as people with great
capability and said that these capabilities can contribute in a big way,
for the benefit of the nation.
The Prime Minister also released
two books 'New Pathways' and 'Aspirational Districts: Unlocking
Potentials'. The first book 'New Pathways' is a Coffee Table Book
consisting of significant details of 28 successful Innovations and 34
Success Stories relating to implementation of Priority Programmes viz.,
PMAY-U, PMAY-G, DDUGKY, PMFBY and Promoting Digital Payments in
Districts shortlisted for Prime Minister's Awards, 2018. 'Aspirational
Districts: Unlocking Potentials' book relates to development of
Strategies for transforming Aspirational Districts and the approach
towards development of relevant social and other parameters. NITI Ayog
is coordinating the initiative for development of Aspirational
Districts.
During the event, "New India-shaping the future", a
film by DARPG was also screened. The film shows initiatives of the 11
districts/organizations selected for PM Awards this year.
Speaking
on the occasion, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra Singh said
that it is a platform for civil servants to share their best
experiences. He said that during the last four years, the entire format
of the Civil Services Day has changed and now the work done for
implementation of priority programmes is rewarded under PM awards. He
said that in the year 2016, only 74 districts had participated for the
PM awards and this number has risen significantly to 599 districts in
2017 and to 643 districts this year.
The Minister also said that
Prime Minister had given the mantra of 'minimum government, maximum
governance'. The citizens are essential stakeholders of governance, he
added. Speaking about the grievance redressal mechanism of the DARPG, he
said that now there is CPGRAMS Portal, dashboard and timelines to
redress the grievances of the citizens. He added that the grievances
have increased significantly from about 2 lakhs in a year in 2014 to
about 16 lakhs in a year now. This is due to the fact that the
department has been more responsive, sensitive and prompt to the
grievances of the citizens. He also spoke about Pensions Portal, Anubhav
and Jeevan Pramaan initiatives of the Department of Pensions &
Pensioners' Welfare. The Minister said that DARPG has also started
holding regional conferences outside Delhi and has already held such
conferences in places like Guwahati, Nagpur, Jaipur and Chandigarh among
others.
The Cabinet Secretary, Shri P. K. Sinha said that this
year four priority programmes have been chosen for PM awards. These
include Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Promoting Digital Payments,
Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana - Urban & Rural, and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. He informed that 103 out of 115 aspirational
districts have participated for PM’s awards this year. He assured that
the civil servants will work to fulfil the dream of Prime Minister's
‘New India’.
Later the Prime Minister presented 15 awards to the
winners in various categories. Under the priority programme, Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, District West Tripura (Tripura) was awarded
under NE & Hill States category and Beed (Maharashtra) was awarded
under Other States category. Under 'Promotign Digital Payments'
Programme, Bishnupur (Manipur) was given award under NE & Hill
States category, Daman (Daman & Diu) was awarded under Union
Territory and Sonipat (Haryana) was awarded under Other States category.
The Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh was awarded under NE & Hill
States and Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh given award under Other
States category for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin). For Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), Puducherry ULB (Puducherry) was awarded
under UT category and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
(Telangana) was awarded under Other States category. For Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana, Dhemji (Assam) and Karimnagar
(Telangana) were given awards under NE & Hill states and Other
states categories respectively. Under awards for Innovation, Disitrcit
Administration Banka of Bihar was awarded for initiative Unnayan Banka -
Reinventign Education using Technology and Team GST, Department of
Revenue (GoI) was awarded for their initiative GST - One Nation, One Tax
, One Market. Under innovation (AS/JS & Dir/DS category), Team
India represented by Shri Shailendra Singh, AS & Shri Ravinder, JS,
DIPP (GoI) was awarded for initiative Ease of Doing Business in India
and Shri Yugal Kishore Joshi, Director, Ministry of Drinking Water &
Sanitation (GoI) was presented award for Information, Education &
Communication of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin).
Shri Nripendra
Misra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr P. K. Mishra,
Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Shri K .V. Eapen,
Secretary, DARPG and other senior officers from various
Ministries/departments also attended the event.
Source: PIB