Union Home Minister AMIT Shah will virtually launch the District Good Governance Index (DGGI) in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday at 1 pm.
Taking to Twitter, Shah said that it is in continuation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “commitment to providing a transparent and people-friendly administration” to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“In continuation of PM Narendra Modi Ji’s commitment to providing a transparent and people-friendly administration to our sisters and brothers of J&K, today at 1 pm, I will launch the District Good Governance Index (DGGI) via video conferencing,” Shah tweeted.
Shah will release the District Good Governance Index for 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, a move which will bring Jammu and Kashmir the first Union Territory in the country to have a Good Governance Index.
The event will be organized jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) and Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development in association with the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha will also address the event.
The District Good Governance Index of Jammu and Kashmir was prepared by (DARPG) in collaboration with the government of Jammu and Kashmir in pursuance of the announcements made in the “Behtar e-Hukumat – Kashmir Aelamia” resolution adopted on July 2, 2021, in the Regional Conference on Replication of Good Governance Practices held in Srinagar.