Bhubaneswar: Development Commissioner (DC) Anu Garg has asked all the Top Mandarins to make extensive field visits and night stays in remote and rural areas for effective monitoring and review of the programmes, schemes, and delivery of critical public services.
Shrimati Garg has recently issued a circular to all ACSs, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries of all departments, in this regard.
In her letter, the DC said that State Government have taken up a number of significant initiatives in the recent past for transformation in education, healthcare, irrigation, agriculture, skill development, investment promotion, among others.
“This is to ensure inclusive growth in all sectors through human development, creation of physical and social infrastructure, provision of social safety nets for the disadvantaged and vulnerable sections and empowerment of women, youth, Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities, differently abled and the senior citizens,” she noted.
The Development Commissioner said all Secretaries and Senior Officers, whether they have been allotted a particular district or not, should make extensive field visits and night halts in remote and rural areas for effective monitoring and review of the programmes, schemes, and delivery of critical public services.
“This will not only make the administration people-friendly and responsive through redressal of public grievances but also help obtaining citizens feedback about the efficacy of the schemes and programmes,” Shrimati Garg said.
To facilitate the field visits, the State Government, after careful consideration of these factors have decided not to hold any review meeting at Government level in the Secretariat during the third week of each month, (except in case of emergencies to be decided by the Chief Secretary), she pointed out.
Shrimati Garg has advised all Secretaries not to schedule any meetings in the third week of the month beginning from April, 2023 in order to facilitate maximum field visits during the period.
