A 5 member DARPG delegation led by Secretary DARPG V.Srinivas visited Bhopal on December 16, 2022, to draw up the roadmap for collaboration between the DARPG and the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
The DARPG delegation held an official meeting with Chief Secretary Shri Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary GAD Shri Vinod Kumar, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Shri Manish Rastogi, and other senior officials.
Secretary DARPG V.Srinivas congratulated Chief Secretary Government of Madhya Pradesh Iqbal Singh Bains for achieving 7.3 percent growth in the Good Governance Index 2021.
Strong performance in the National e-Services Delivery Assessment 2021 and implementation of several award-winning models of Good Governance under the Scheme for PM’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration in Madhya Pradesh.
These include the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) project in Indore city, the Poshan Abhiyan in Datiya district and the Aspirational District Program in Khandwa district.
Madhya Pradesh performed strongly in the National e-Services Delivery Assessment Report 2021 with 5th rank through the timely implementation of the Public Services Guarantee Act, the Lok Sewa Department, and the adoption of the model “e-Governance to We-Governance”.
The DARPG delegation called on Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan and appraised him on the deliberations and the proposed roadmap for collaboration.
The delegation visited the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Centre for Good Governance and met Shri Pratik Hajela CEO AIGGPA and senior officials.
The DARPG delegation comprised of Secretary Shri V.Srinivas, Joint Secretary Shri N.B.S. Rajput, Director Shri K.Sanjayan, and Deputy Secretary Smt. Prisca Mathew and Under Secretary Shri Santosh Kumar.