New Delhi: Citizen-centric governance will evolve into an increasing role of citizens in the decision-making process, Union Minister, Jitendra Singh said today.
Ever since Prime Minister, Narendra Modi took over in 2014, transparency, accountability and citizen-centricity became the hallmark of the Governance Model, he said.
“The era of working in silos is long over. Government is making maximum use of technology to ensure hassle-free delivery of services to the citizens. Capacity Building Programmes enable us to be ready for that,” he said.
Union Minister of State Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Dr.Singh was addressing the Dr Rajendra Prasad National Convention III (Series of Memorial Lectures) on ‘G20 people centric governance and public policy’, organised by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) in New Delhi.
Beginning with India’s vaccine success story in January, Minister said, the year gone by, with just a week left, witnessed PM Modi’s citizen-centric governance model.
“India’s prestige as a Space power was well-established by the flawless landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the virgin South Polar region of Moon,” he said.
Stating that this year has been quite rewarding as India emerged among the frontline nations in the comity of nations, Dr. Singh said, a series of opinion polls reaffirmed Prime Minister Shri Modi emerge as the tallest leader in the world.
“With the most majestically planned G20 Summit and the International Year of Millets during the year, it was gratifying that India set the flagship agenda at the international fora,” he said.
IIPA Director S N Tripathy chaired the Meeting and other senior officials attended the Brain Storming.