PIB | 11 Jul, 2022
A
two-day Regional Conference on the theme “Bringing Citizens,
Entrepreneurs and Government Closer for Good Governance” will be held at
Bengaluru from Tuesday.
The Regional Conference is being organized by
the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in
collaboration with Government of Karnataka.
Union
Minister Jitendra Singh and Basavaraj Bommai, Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka will
grace the valedictory session on 12th of July.
The
conference is an effort to bring the Government and Citizens closer
through various administrative reforms at centre, state and district
level.
The is being enabled by use of digital technology, pursuing next
generation reforms and innovations with policy objective of “Maximum
Governance, Minimum Government”, entailing Government process
Re-Engineering, Universal access to e-services, excellence in digital
initiatives at district level and excellence in adopting emerging
technologies and use of ICT Management.
During
the 2-day event, presentations will be made in six sessions: (i)
Administrative Reforms; (ii) The Outside in View: Private Sector &
Good Governance; (iii) Replication of Best Practices; (iv)
Administrative Reforms in States; (v) Benchmarking Governance and (vi)
Start-ups and Experiments in Good Governance.
Amar Nath, Additional Secretary, ARPG will present the welcome address.
Smt. Vandita Sharma, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka and Shri V.
Srinivas, Secretary, ARPG will also address the valedictory session.
The
vote of thanks will be presented by Dr. Srivatsa Krishna, Principal
Secretary, DPAR, Karnataka during the valedictory session. .
Delegates
from all States/Union Territories will participate in the Conference.
More than 400 delegates from PAN-India are expected to participate in
the Conference. The Conference is being held in a semi-virtual mode.