Jammu and Kashmir chief secy calls for efforts to provide proactive governance at doorstep

 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam reviewed measures taken in respect of government-beneficiary interface, Jan Abhiyan, on Thursday and called for efforts to provide proactive governance at doorstep of every citizen through grievance redressal and on--spot service delivery.

He chaired a meeting of Committee of Secretaries to take stock of preparations to conduct first-of-its-kind proactive government-beneficiary interface -- Jan Abhiyan -- with three-fold goal of Jan Sunwai, Adhikar Abhiyan and Unnat Gram Abhiyan. It was informed that 20-day Jan Abhiyan, which will precede B2V3, will commence from September 10, and is aimed at energising government functioning after COVID-induced slowdown by infusing greater enthusiasm, responsiveness and accessibility to government machinery, an official spokesperson said.

chief secretary asked administrative secretaries to sensitise field functionaries and ensure ir full participation in various public outreach activities as envisd under three pillars of campaign.

"Efforts should be afoot to kick-start all pending works approved under 14th Finance Commission, District Plan and State Plan, besides accelerating works at various sts of completion in order to complete m in a timely manner," he said.

administrative secretaries were asked to depute ir officers on field assignments in accordance with a duty roster so as to ensure that all bottlenecks in hassle-free delivery of services are resolved and due benefit reaches targeted beneficiaries. chief secretary impressed upon administrative secretaries to visit districts allotted to m and monitor progress made under Jan Abhiyan.y were advised to remove hurdles and guide respective district administrations towards outcome-oriented functioning.

chief secretary enjoined upon officers to focus on a time-bound delivery of documents like domicile, or certificates, besides ensuring a 100-per cent saturation under all individual beneficiary-oriented schemes and issuance of certificates by various departments. It was informed that for carrying out B2V-specific works, an amount of Rs 10 lakh per panchayat is being released in addition to grants under 14th Finance Commission. 

(Im Credits:PTI)