Amit Shah to launch District Good Governance Index in J&K today

New Delhi India January 22, ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah will launch the District Good Governance Index DGGI in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday at 1 pm.

Shah said it was in line with the commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide a transparent and people-friendly administration to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Today at 1pm, I will launch the District Good Governance Index DGGI via video conferencing, in continuation of PM Narendra Modi Ji's commitment to provide a transparent and people-friendly administration to our sisters and brothers of J&K.

The District Good Governance Index will be released on Saturday for 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, a move that will make Jammu and Kashmir the first Union Territory in the country to have a Good Governance Index.

The event will be jointly organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances DARPG and Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development in association with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.

The event will be attended by Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha.

The District Good Governance Index of Jammu and Kashmir was prepared by DARPG in collaboration with the Government of Jammu and Kashmir in response to the announcements made in the Behtar e-Hukumat -- Kashmir Aelamia resolution adopted on July 2, 2021, in the Regional Conference on Replication of Good Governance Practices held in Srinagar.

The exercise on the formulation of the District Good Governance Index was set in July 2021 and has now been completed, and Jammu and Kashmir will become the first Union Territory in the country to have a Good Governance Index.

The district Good Governance Index of the government of Jammu and Kashmir represents a major administrative reform in benchmarking good governance at the district level and a significant step for the publication and collation of statistics at the state district level.

The District Good Governance Index is a milestone, and it is expected to provide a robust framework for evidence-based assessment of the performance of all districts in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Arun Kumar Mehta and V. Srinivas, Secretary DARPG, Government of India will also be speaking at the event.

The event is attended by senior officials of the government of Jammu and Kashmir, District Collectors and Chief Planning Officers of Districts.

Secretaries of Planning and Secretaries of Administrative Reforms of all State and UT governments and District Collectors of non-election bound states have been invited to participate in the event by video conferencing.

A presentation on the formulation of the district Good Governance Index will be made by the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad during the occasion.

This will be followed by district presentations by selected 12 District Development Commissioners, who will be showcasing achievements of various sectors.