Amit Shah to release J&K ‘Good Governance Index’ today

JAMMU: Union secretary, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, V Srinivas presented the first copy of District Good Governance Index (DGGI) to J&K chief secretary

Arun Kumar Mehta

here on Friday. The same will be formally released by Union home minister Amit Shah at a one-day conference on Saturday.

“The maiden exercise is the sequel to the many administrative reforms taken in hand by J&K administration post-August 2019. The exercise is first of its kind in the country, where districts have been rated as per their score computed on public feedback and reforms taken in making the governance process simple, swift, innovative, accessible and accountable,” an official spokesperson of the J&K administration said.

Speaking on the occasion, the CS termed it as a milestone in improving the overall culture of offering people-friendly administration with an inherent sense of accountability along with transparency in its functioning.

He said the exercise is prelude to the umbrella process taken by the government to make governance more responsive, reformative, reasonable, rational and accessible at doorsteps of people.