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A two-day National Conference of District Collectors is being held on 19th and 20th of this month in New Delhi. The conference, the first of its kind, will discuss how the delivery system at the district level can be improved to make the administration more responsive and efficient. The Conference is being organized by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and will be addressed by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on the 20th. On the 19th it will be attended by Union Ministers of Home, Finance, HRD, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Health and Family Welfare, Agriculture and Cooperation, besides Minister for Personnel, Shri Suresh Pachouri.
The subject matters to be discussed at the District Collectors’ Conference, that were identified at the four regional level workshops held this year, are as follows-
Right to Information and Transparency in Government
Public Private Partnership in Governance at District level
Delivery of Services in Education and Health Sectors
Modernisation of District Administration and Capacity Building
Development of Infrastructure, Urban Renewal and Habitat Issues
Integrated Implementation of Rural Development Programmes
Delivery of Services and role of Local Institutions, and
Natural Resource Management and Environmental concerns.
On the 20th, the Prime Minister will see presentations by 16 district collectors on the above mentioned themes. The Department of Administrative Reforms, Ministry of Personnel will also launch a portal of Digital Repository of Best Practices in Governance. The portal will have case studies on good governance practices in India and abroad. The portal will also have online discussion forums, and will act as a resource for the administrators.
The Department of Administrative Reforms will also release a DVD containing Reports on Reforms by various committees/ commissions. Of the 73 Reports contained in the DVD, the oldest is “Report of House Commons on the Affairs of The East India Company, 1812” and the latest is the “Hota Committee Report on Civil Service Reforms, 2004”.
A Draft Model Code of Governance having fundamental principles and benchmarks of good governance has been drawn up by a Committee of Secretaries and will also be presented to the Prime Minister.
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