Jammu Tawi, Oct 22 :
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India and Jammu Kashmir administration initiated an for measuring the status of governance in all the districts based on selected indicators and parameters.
Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, today convened an online meeting with Union Special Secretary, DARPG, V Srinivas and participated by Director General, J&K IMPARD, Saurabh Bhagat; Director Training, J&K IMPARD, Dr. Reva Sharma; Director General, Economics and Statistics Department; Director General, Budget and other senior officers.
At present 10 development sectors, 58 indicators and 116 data sets have been approved by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. The data from each of the districts was collated and weightage was accorded to each indicator keeping in view national and UT specific priorities. After application of statistical model, the district good governance index was formulated and districts were ranked and a composite ranking was also assigned to the districts.
It was decided that after completing the data collation and validation process, the Index will be published in January-February 2022. Thus, J&K will become the first Union Territory in India to implement District Good Governance Index (DGGI). It is likely to be adopted pan India by DARPG as a replication of best practice.
During the meeting, Dr. Shabbeer Shaikh, Director, Centre for Good Governance (CGG), Hyderabad, gave a presentation on “Development of District Good Governance Index (DGGI)”.
Pertinently, the CGG, Hyderabad and DARPG, Government of India, provide financial and technical support in preparing the District Good Governance Index (DGGI).
The development of DGGI as a tool to assess the status of Governance in the UT of J&K is a path breaking initiative taken by DARPG as a follow-up to the July 2nd Declaration of Behtar Nizami-Hukumat Kashmir Aelamia.
Chief Secretary today thus approved its implementation in the districts of the UT to enable these to improve upon various indicators of governance in three months’ time.
He also emphasized on incorporating more indicators especially with regard to District Plan and Execution of Works, Self-Employment, Human Resources Development, Sports, etc., keeping in view priorities of the government thus making it a benchmark and a litmus test for effective public service delivery and good governance.
