Capacity building

The government of Jammu and Kashmir has taken a number of steps for the training of officers at different levels including the senior civil servants.

In this direction recently through the Mission Karmayogi, capacity building of 2000 civil servants in collaboration between National Centre of Good Governance (NCGG) and IMPARD is being undertaken. Remarkably, in a first of its kind initiative, this year around 60 senior officers of JKAS were deputed to LBSNAA, National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), GoI for capacity building.

In J&K administration is institutionalizing several good governance initiatives. J&K has become the first Union Territory in India to implement the District Good Governance Index (DGGI). It is likely to be adopted pan India by DARPG as a replication of the best governance practices. The development of DGGI as a tool to assess the status of governance in the UT of J&K is a path breaking initiative taken up by DARPG as a follow up to declaration of ‘Behtar Nizami-Hukumat Kashmir Aelamia’ adopted recently by J&K in collaboration with DARPG.

Under DGGI, emphasis is being given on incorporating more indicators especially with regard to District Plan and Execution of Works, Self-Employment, Human Resources Development, Sports, etc., keeping in view priorities of the government thus making it a benchmark and a litmus test for effective public service delivery and good governance.