State Chief Secretary R Parasuram has called upon to all public service centres to further improve their functioning within a time-limit and thus ensured good governance.
The Chief Secretary was addressing a three-day workshop on Public Service Management at EPCO conference hall here on Wednesday. Terming the initiative of the State Government as ‘historic’, the Chief Secretary said there was need to increase people’s satisfaction level by improving the system continuously. Parasuram also sought to know from district public service managers from various districts about their experiences.
The Chief Secretary said that good governance was top priority of the State Government and it was also necessity of people. Functioning of public service centres should be improved further to ensure that people got services easily and conveniently.
The State’s top official stressed the need for increasing number of public service centres, making people aware about availing services and publicise activities. At present, these centres were providing 101 services. It is noteworthy that Madhya Pradesh has been conferred United Nations Award on United Nations Public Service Day at New York in June 2012.
At the workshop, discussions were held in five groups. Retired IAS Officer Rajkumar Pathak, Hiralal Trivedi, DP Dube, Director Good Governance and Policy Analysis School Akhilesh Argal were also present on the occasion.
The Chief Secretary also congratulated Public Service Management department for securing SKOCH award recently. Additional Secretary Public Service Management Manohar Dube gave details of delivery of services to people after promulgation of Public Service Delivery Guarantee Act 2010. Nodal officers of various departments were also present on the occasion.