DIMAPUR, NOV 3 (DIPR): Chief Secretary, Nagaland, Lalhuma IAS speaking at the concluding day of the regional conference on ‘Fostering Good Governance’ this afternoon at Police Complex, Chumukedima, Dimapur, said that each State has its own strength, built-up systems and good practices. He said that the USP of each State has been utilized to push forward better governance and stressed that any good practice has to have the benefits in mind percolating down to the real beneficiaries in a fast and efficient manner. Saying that no system is perfect, Lalhuma thanked the DOPT for their initiatives and support extended to the Government of Nagaland and requested the participating States to have an open mind to study each other’s good practices for replication. He also hoped that with better efforts in bringing about good governance, the north east States would qualify to be models in good governance.
The first technical session on reform initiatives on day-one of the conference included a talk on ‘Fostering Good Governance’ by Additional Secretary AR & PG, Government of India, Rahul Sarin IAS and a panel discussion on ‘Governance Paradigms’ with Secretary, ISCS, Government of India, Amitabha Pande IAS as the moderator. The panelists were State Minister for Home, Vety, & AH, Election, Thenucho, Deputy Chairman, State Planning Board, Deo Nukhu, Chief Secretary, Nagaland, Lalhuma, IAS, Editor of Nagaland page, Monalisa Changkija and Advocate, K. Savi.
During the second technical session on Improved Public Service Delivery (PSD) there were presentations on ‘Enabling Environment for Good Governance – Internal Security Concerns’ by Joint Secretary, MHA, Government of India; ‘Bringing Excellence in Public Service Delivery : Assessment Framework’; ‘Reforming Public Service in India : Drawing Lessons from Success’ by Vikram Chandra, The World Bank; ‘Communitization in Nagaland’ by Principal Secretary & Agriculture Production Commissioner, Nagaland, Alemtemshi IAS and a short presentation on ‘e-modop’ by Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Abhishek Singh IAS.
The concluding day witnessed a presentation on ‘Dissemination of Best Practices DARPG’ and success story presentations by the Government of Assam, West Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Manipur, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
Altogether 90 participants from the eight northeastern States, West Bengal, Orissa, representatives from the Government of India and the World Bank took part in the two – day regional conference.
