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Jammu and Kashmir Next-Gen Administrative Reforms

J&K Next-Gen Administrative Reforms

Why in news:

  • The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under the Union Personnel Ministry will collaborate with the government of Jammu and Kashmir for next-generation administrative reforms.
  • The DARPG and the Jammu and Kashmir government will collaborate on creation of an online portal for monitoring progress in 58 District Good Governance Index Indicators, adoption of e-HRMS in the Jammu and Srinagar secretariats, and online monitoring of citizen satisfaction in 150 e-services through Jammu & Kashmir e-services delivery assessment framework.
  • As a follow-up to the launch of the District Good Governance Index on January 22 by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the roadmap for three key good governance initiatives was drawn up in a meeting held between DARPG Secretary V Srinivas and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta.
  • Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha were also present during the launch at convention centre, Jammu.

About new Initiatives:

Good Governance Index

  • The Jammu and Kashmir District Good Governance Index represents next generation administrative reform in benchmarking governance at district level, said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry.
  • The District Good Governance Index of Jammu & Kashmir helps identify the impact of various governance interventions at district level and provides a futuristic roadmap for improving district level governance with targeted interventions, it said.
  • To further strengthen the good governance model of Jammu & Kashmir, the 58 indicators of the District Good Governance Index would be monitored on a dedicated portal on and evaluated by an external agency the Centre for Good Governance, Hyderabad, the statement said.
  • The data collation formats would be decided by government of Jammu & Kashmir and an online monitoring dashboard would be developed by NIC, it said.
  • This exercise is expected to be completed by mid-February 2022, the statement said.
  • Union home minister Amit Shah has launched the District Good Governance Index (DGGI) in Jammu and Kashmir, which is the first Union Territory to have such an index.

Top 5 Districts:

  1. Jammu
  2. Doda
  3. Samba
  4. Pulwama
  5. Srinagar

Adoption of e-HRMS in the Jammu and Srinagar secretariats

  • The Jammu Secretariat and the Srinagar Secretariat have been transformed into paperless secretariats, with the adoption of e-Office version 7.0, it said.
  • Taking this initiative forward, it was decided that e-HRMS software for digitalization of all employee records would be adopted by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, the statement said.
  • The e-HRMS software provides for digitalization of employee service books, leave and travel records of employees, GPF, gratuity and pension benefits into the e-office system, it said.
  • A project proposal for adoption e-HRMS would be prepared by government of Jammu & Kashmir in collaboration with DARPG.
  • The government of Jammu & Kashmir has witnessed a significant transformation in the ease of doing business, the statement said.

Online monitoring of citizen satisfaction

  • One hundred and fifty e-services are provided through digital platforms and the quality of these e-services and citizen satisfaction will be benchmarked by the Jammu & Kashmir e-services delivery assessment with the objective to improve the ease of life of the common citizen, improve efficiency and effectiveness of governance and administration, it said.
  • Under this exercise, the first set of data sets would be analyzed by next month.

About Jammu and Kashmir:

Capital Srinagar (May–October)
Jammu (Nov-April)[1]
Districts 20
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha
Parliamentary constituency Rajya Sabha (4)
Lok Sabha (5)

National parks :

  • Hemis national park
  • City Forest (Salim Ali) National park
  • Kishtwar National Park
  • Kazinag National Park