Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that the election of well-educated representatives to the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the recently held elections has ushered in an era of change, which is quite visible in the form of changed atmosphere in the villages.
The Chief Minister interacted with the newly appointed Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates. The associates who have been appointed with the objective of ensuring good governance and transparency in the working of the district administration, recently completed 15-day training session at Ashoka University in Sonepat district.
They would be posted in the districts with the objective of ensuring implementation and monitoring of big programmes of both Central and state governments. They would also offer advice on how to ensure better implementation of these programmes, and report to the Chief Minister’s Office.
Welcoming the associates, Manohar lal said that the 22 associates, aged between 21 and 29 years, had been selected under a unique programme formulated according to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sabka Saath-Sabka Vikas’, which involves participation of the people in nation-building. The associates would not only lend a helping hand in making the administration effective in the state but would also set an example for the youth, said he.
The Chief Minister said that the associates would work with the CMO at the state level and with deputy commissioners in the districts to take the policies and programmes of the state government to the people. They would suggest how to better implement schemes and policies, give practical shape to the schemes and policies in the pipeline, and accelerate the pace of the work on them.
The Chief Minister said that efforts are being made to meet the staff shortage in various departments through contractual recruitment and jobs are being offered on the basis of merit only.
Replying to a question, he said that the objective of opening several fronts for redress of grievances is to ensure that at least a major chunk of people’s problems were solved at the earliest so they could focus on development of the state.