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Date : 03 Jan 2022
J&K to have district level Governance Index
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Jammu & Kashmir will soon become the first Union Territory in the country to have a district level Good Governance Index.
- Centre will set up District Good Governance Index (DGGI) in J&K and the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) will carry out this task in collaboration with the Union Territory Government.
- The framework of the proposed Index has been finalised with the technical support from the Centre for Good Governance (CGG) Hyderabad.
About the Index
- Good Governance Index at the district level will enable each of the 20 districts of Jammu & Kashmir to rise to the level of some of the best administered districts of the country.
- This will lead to increased transparency, increased accountability and increased citizen participation.
- The DGGI Framework has 58 Indicators drawn from different aspects of development and district administration.
- These indicators are distributed in all-encompassing 10 sectors such as Agriculture & allied sector, Commerce & Industry, Human Resource Development, Public Health, Public Infrastructure & Utilities, Economic Governance, Welfare & Development, Public Safety & Judiciary and Citizen Centric Governance.
About Centre for Good Governance (CGG)
The Centre for Good Governance (CGG) was established in October, 2001 by the then Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) in collaboration with the Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank to help it achieve the State’s goal of Transforming Governance.
- CGG undertakes action research, provides professional advice, and conducts change management programmes for government departments and agencies to enable successful implementation of their reform agenda.
- CGG works closely with policy-makers like Ministers, senior officials, management experts, institutions and other stakeholders, especially citizens towards building people centric governance practices.
Source: pib.gov.in
