(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) Union Minister Jitendra Singh – File Photo
Jammu- Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said, under PM Modi, giant strides are being taken in the field of IT and new age technologies for better delivery of governance to citizens.
Inaugurating the 25th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG), the silver jubilee edition of the NCeG in Katra, Jammu & Kashmir, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the ultimate objective of good governance is to bring ease of living in the life of a common man.
He said, Modi Government has preempted the need of Information Technology and inculcated the same in each and every aspect of governance and has committed to augment inclusive growth across all sectors.
Dwelling on the theme of the conference“Bringing Citizens, Industry and Government closer”, Dr Jitendra Singh said, this has become absolute necessity in the times we live in, as the days of working in silos is over. He said, closer synergy among the Research, Academia, Industry and Start-ups is the way forward for India to become self-reliant (Atmanirbhar) in true sense of the term.
The Minister added that in an era of increasing digitization with Web 3.0, Artificial Intelligence and regular Tech Disruptions, Prime Minister Modi's vision of India's Techade can be realized through vigorous and all pervasive Digital push.
The Minister said, Digital innovation will play an important part in the next decade for governance to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. He said, this will necessitate conversations around topics and technologies which would shape Digital Governance in the future to enhance the delivery of Government services to citizens. He said, Vision [email protected] would be e-Vision India @2047.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, what is worth noting is that all such large public digital solutions are built with an open architecture, and are modular with plug and play that essentially seek to democratize and decentralize technology usage.
Dr Jitendra Singh urged all the participants & stalwarts taking part in two-day intense deliberations to focus on questions that will propel India to the next decade of agile growth. He said, while discussing Digital Governance across Whole-of-the-Government, do ponder upon what it will take for making Government more accessible to every citizen of India, how do we build a more Transparent and Real-Time Grievance Management System with state-of-the-art technology and best practices in grievance redress learning from the world and some of our own corporates, how do we leverage technology for strengthening the Start-up Ecosystem, generate more employment and promote the ease of doing business.
Dr Jitendra Singh concluded that increased efficiency, increased transparency, roboust focus on citizen-centricity and reaching out to the last man in the last queue for service delivery in the true spirit of Antyodaya is the ultimate objective of all governance reforms. He said, in the next 25 years of Amrit Kaal, the officers in their 20s and 30s have to play a stellar role to steer India to become the Unique and Best Model of Governance in 2047, when we celebrate 100th Year of India's Impendence.
Secretary, DARPG, V. Srinivas in his address said that the policy maxim 'Maximum Governance, Minimum Government' is represented by a digitally empowered nation, a digitally empowered citizen and a digitally transformed institution. In the period from 2014 to 2022, government has brought about digital transformation which has been accepted by India's rural population through Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, UPI and Beam application, Arogya Setu App etc., the Secretary added.
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