Matribhumi Samachar English
The Prime Minister has directed Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) to hold virtual conferences/ webinars with District Collectors and other officers in which past award winners of PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration be invited to present their experiences with the objective of greater dissemination and replication.
In pursuance of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s directions, the DARPG has conducted 22 National Good Governance Webinars, one Webinar every month, since April, 2022 to encourage dissemination and replication of the award-winning nominations under the Scheme of Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration. Each webinar is attended by about 1000 officials from Line Departments, State Governments, District Collectors, State Administrative Training Institutes and Central Training Institutes.
These webinars not only present the current status of institutionalisation/ sustainability of the initiative, but also provides insights into the status of its replication/expansion.
The 22nd Webinar was held on the 30th August 2024 in which two initiatives, shortlisted by the Expert Committee for the PM’s Award for the year 2022, under the theme ‘Aspirational District Programme’ namely;
- Initiatives taken in Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh were presented by Shri D C Rana, the then Deputy Commissioner, Chamba; presently Director, Dept. of Environment, Science, Technology and Climate Change, Himachal Pradesh and
- Initiatives taken in Baksa District, Assam were presented by Smt. Krishna Baruah, Deputy Commissioner (Incumbent), Baksa, Assam.
The Webinar was Chaired by Shri Puneet Yadav, Addl. Secretary, DARPG and was attended by senior officers of the Department. The Webinar was attended from 417 locations across India with Senior Officials of Administrative Reforms Departments of States/UTs, District Collectors, State and District officers, Officers of Central and State Administrative Training Institutes.
