The State Government on Thursday asked concerned officers to adopt novel practices and ensure smooth delivery of public services and running of public systems.
Chief Secretary GC Pati said an Innovation Project Monitoring Unit (IPMU) under State Innovation Council would be constituted to foster innovations, document the best practices and facilitate their replication and up-scaling. He said after chairing a related meeting at the State Secretariat. Development Commissioner U N Behera and other senior officials were present.
According to them, D Chakrapani from the Centre for Innovations in Public Systems Hyderabad along with Director General Gopabandhu Academy of Administration Ashok Kumar Tripathy presented various innovative practices adopted by different other States in fields of education, health services, urban waste management and bio-waste management.
On the occasion they also appreciated many departments for adopting good practices and IT innovations. The innovative practices regarding bio-digester (disposal of bio-waste), eco-san toilets (preparation of fertilizer from bio-waste), rural medical practices, eye care, urban governance, quality assurance in school education and IT schools were presented and discussed at the meeting.
The Chief Secretary directed various public authorities to develop and put to use their own websites with citizens interface and crowd sourcing systems to catch good practices.
Notably, the SIC has prepared schemes like awards for successful innovations, financial assistance for implementation of innovative projects. Five Incubation Centers have been proposed for innovative schemes. The proposed incubation centers include IIT, Bhubaneswar, VSSUT, Burla, CET, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur University and NIT, Rourkela.
Similarly, four sub-committees have been constituted for formulating innovative proposals in various sectors. They are Agriculture and Food Processing, Health, Education and Social Sector Sub-committees. The SIC has also formulated the draft Innovation Policy for Odisha. The members of the council have been asked to send their inputs to the Planning and Coordination Department by April 30.