The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis established by the State Government here is a novel initiative towards promoting good governance and innovations.
Its objective is to serve as a think-tank for good governance in the global and local contexts, analyse Government policies and their impact on target groups, identify and solve problems and give suggestions for reforms and streamlining administrative machinery apart from providing a suitable forum to make administration more people-centric and people-oriented.
The institute has presented impact study reports and suggestions regarding over 20 schemes in the State including livelihoods project, capacity building programme for Panchayat raj institutions’ representatives and officers, ladli laxmi, Tejaswini Rural Women’s Empowerment, Janani Suraksha, Balram Talab, micro irrigation, Kapildhara Yojana, National Agriculture Insurance, training to SC and ST farmers, Deendayal Antyodaya Upchar Yojana, job-oriented training to poor students, Green Revolution etc. It has made available collection of Best Practices at country and state level.
Through the initiative “Ideas for CM” for administrative reforms, the institute is connecting common people with the process of good governance and ideology of development and benefiting from their experiences.
In the series, officers-employees were imparted training on “Human Relations and Development of Personal Impact” at workplaces. It has suggested amendments in Madhya Pradesh land Revenue Code for disposal of cases pending in courts. The institute has also done survey of 335 public service centres set up under Public Services Delivery Guarantee Act in the state.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate newly constructed Sushasan Bhavan on the premises of the Institute at 5.30 pm on Thursday. On the occasion, Public Service Awards will also be given away. The function will be presided over by Public Service Management and Information Technology Minister Bhupendra Singh while Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa will be special guest. Building premises is spread over 8 acres. Construction’s first phase has cost Rs11.11 crore. Works costing Rs9.65 crore are underway in the second phase.