Jammu Kashmir will soon have a district-wise rating of Governance practices, by setting up a district-level Good Governance Index.
The framework of the proposed Index has been finalized with technical support from the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.
The MoS PMO said that for a long time, as a result of certain constitutional and administrative constraints, many of the Central Rules of DoPT and ARPG were not applicable in Jammu Kashmir, but in the last two years, there has been a fast-track attempt to change the work culture and to follow the Mantra of Maximum Governance, Minimum Government, which has been the guiding principle at the Centre and States, ever since the Modi government came in 2014.
MoS said that Good Governance Index at the district level will enable each of the 20 districts of Jammu Kashmir to rise to the level of some of the best-administered districts of the country, with time-bound disposal of office files and other matters, increased transparency, increased accountability and increased citizen participation.
He said that the next step would be to carry forward these Good Governance practices down to Tehsil and Block level.