Organizing Good Governance Week

Why in the NEWS?

• Good Governance Week is being celebrated by the Central Government from 19 to 24 December 2024.
• All districts will organize workshops on good governance practices on December 23, 2024.
• A national level workshop will be organized at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi on 23 December 2024.
• It will be attended by eminent officials from Ministries/Departments including Secretaries of the Government of India.

Objective of Good Governance Week:

• Increasing public participation: 
  • To promote transparency and accountability between the government and the public.
• Grievance redresses: 
  • To listen to public grievances and to redress them promptly.
• Improve service delivery: 
  • To make government services more efficient and effective.
• Corruption free India: 
  • To spread awareness against corruption and eliminate corruption.
• Empowerment: 
  • To make citizens aware of their rights and empower them.
• In this, a campaign called 'Administration towards Village' is also being conducted.

'Administration towards Village' Campaign:

• It is a nationwide campaign for redresses of public grievances and improvement in service delivery.
• It started on 19 December 2024 in 700+ districts of the country.
• Its objective is to bring effective governance closer to the rural people.
• During this, the following activities will be conducted-
  • Redresses of public grievances in special camps
  • Redresses of public grievances in state portals
  • Disposal of service delivery applications
  • Collation and dissemination of good governance practices
  • Success stories on resolution of public grievances

Good Governance:

• It is such a governance in which the interests of all citizens are taken care of.
• It is transparent, accountable, inclusive, participatory and effective governance.
• Its objective is to establish a strong relationship between the government, citizens and the private sector so that the country can develop.