A Regional Conference on 'Good Governance and Replication of Best Practices' begins in Guwahati tomorrow. The two-day conference is being organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Assam. Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Sarhanand Sonowal will inaugurate the Conference tomorrow and address the delegates.

The Conference is an effort to create a common platform to share experiences in the formulation and implementation of citizen centric governance, improved public service delivery, Good Governance Index, PM awarded initiatives and awareness on State Collaboration Initiative scheme of DARPG.

There will be six sessions during the conference. The themes of the various sessions are 'Responsive Public Delivery', 'State Collaboration Initiatives in Administrative Reforms', 'PM awarded Initiatives 2017', 'Presentations from North Eastern States on Governance Initiatives by Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Meghalaya’ and 'Developing a Good Governance Index for ranking of states' followed by Panel Discussion on 'Connectivity- a prerequisite for e-Governance'.

The Chief Secretary, Government of Assam, Shri Vinod Kumar Pipersenia and the Secretary, DARPG, Government of India, Shri K.V. Eapen will address the Valedictory Session on December 23, 2017.

Delegates from 36 States and UTs will participate in the conference.

 

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