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New Delhi : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances,Pensions,Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, announced here on August 16, 2020, that Centre will assist the Union Territory Government of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) establish Grievance Portal in each of the 20 districts of the UT.
In a significant drive to strengthen the ongoing good governance initiatives in Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Singh and Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir held a telephonic discussion on the plan for next phase of expansion of the online Public Grievance Redressal portal in the Union Territory.
Following the discussion, Dr Singh immediately convened a meeting of senior officers dealing with Public Grievances including Secretary ARPG, Dr Chhatrapati Shivaji, and Additional Secretary V Srinivas. A plan was finalised to extend and establish a Portal in each of District Headquarters in Jammu & Kashmir for addressing the grievances of citizens and for providing services seamlessly at their doorstep, according to a PIB release.
To implement this initiative, it has been decided that Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (ARPG), Government of India, will further enhance the ongoing collaboration with the Jammu & Kashmir Government to revamp the “Awaaz e-Awam” Portal with mapping of last mile grievance officers for improved quality of grievance redressal and reduced timelines in effective disposal of cases. Dr Singh informed that in pursuance of this endeavour, a focused team of officials from DARPG would be constituted to work with Jammu & Kashmir Government in the coming days.
This initiative is a continuation of a series of sustained efforts by the Union Government to create a transparent, accountable and citizen-friendly effective administration in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir in line with the vision outlined by the PM Narendra Modi.
It may be mentioned here that after the conversion of Jammu & Kashmir into a Union Territory, the DARPG had organised two important Conferences there on Good Governance. They included Regional Conference on Replication of Good Governance Practices in the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on November 15-16, 2019, and Conference on Ek Bharat-Shresht Bharat with focus on Jal Shakti and Disaster Management on November 30- December 1, 2019. These two c
onferences convened by the DARPG represented the first important events by the Government of India in the newly created Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and laid down a roadmap for good governance in the Union Territories.