New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh on Thursday informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply that 21,255 posts of Group A are vacant in the Union Government Services and the filling up of vacancies is a continuous process.

New Delhi Dec 18 PTI The Centre will launch a nation-wide campaign on Monday for redressal of public grievances and improvising service delivery especially in rural areas as part of good governance weekA series of programmes are planned by the Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions during the week to be observed during December 20-25There will be a launch of nation-wide campaign for redrssal of public grievances and improvising service delivery titled prashasan gaon ki aur on Monday besides the inauguration of exhibition on good governance practices said the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances DARPG under the ministryMinister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the campaign on Monday The good governance week will start from Monday A series of programmes are planned highlight various good governance initiatives taken by the Centre during the week The main theme of the campaign is to take good governance to the rural areas he said Programmes on good governance in the Ministry of External Affairs all missionsposts to participate in virtual conference ease of living and next phase of reforms for reducing compliance burden a workshop on Mission Karmayogi and experience sharing workshop by DARPG on best practices initiatives for increasing efficiency in decision making would be organised during the week the DARPG saidThe week will conclude with the celebration of good governance day at Vigyan Bhawan here on December 25 it saidDecember 25th is celebrated as the good governance day to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee PTI AKV AKV TIR TIR

New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that States should replicate each other's best practices in Governance.

New Delhi Nov 29 PTI Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh on Monday launched a unique face recognition technology that would act as a proof of life certificate for pensioners and ensure ease of living for the retired and elderly citizensAll pensioners are mandated to submit their life certificate annually to continue receiving pension The Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions has already implemented a facility of giving the certificate digitally The central government has been sensitive to the needs of pensioners and to ensure ease of living for them Soon after coming to power in 2014 the government decided to introduce and implement digital life certificate for the pensioners This unique face recognition technology will further help pensioners Singh saidHe said this face recognition technique of giving life certificate is a historic and far reaching reform since it will touch the lives of not only 68 lakh central government pensioners but also those under the EPFO and state governments according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and PensionsSingh thanked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology as well as UIDAI Unique Identification Authority of India for devising this technology and making such an initiative of the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare DoPPW possibleThe minister said the government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always sought ease of living for all sections of society including the retirees and pensioners who are the nations assets with all their experience and long years of service rendered by themHe also reiterated that during the coronavirus pandemic too the Department of Pension brought about several reforms for release of provisional pensionfamily pension The minister said the Department of Pension has been extensively using technology to achieve this end be it introduction of digital life certificate introduction of an intelligent common software Bhavishya for all government of India ministries for processing pension casesSingh said the effort in issuing electronic PPOs and pushing the same in Digi locker is a huge step towards ease of living and transparencyHe said the department has also been bringing out e-booklets for pensioner awareness and carrying out an awareness campaign on Twitter Facebook Youtube and other social media platforms PTI AKV RHL

New Delhi Sep 20 PTI Civil services have an important role to play in executing new initiatives policies and programmes to shape the vision and roadmap laid down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India for the next 25 years Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on MondaySpeaking at the inauguration of the foundation training programme for assistant section officers probationers of the 2018 batch at the Institute of Secretariat Training Management ISTM here the minister said they would be the new architects to lead the caravan and make India a pre-eminent nation when it celebrates 100 years of IndependenceHe said the entire training curriculum for probationers has been reoriented because civil services have an important role to play in executing new initiatives policies and programmes to shape the vision and roadmap laid down by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for India for the next 25 years according to a statement issued by the Personnel MinistrySingh the Minister of State for Personnel said the prime minister has shared his vision for building a new India where the welfare of every citizen is at the heart of national planning and programmesIn the light of this there has been a complete reorientation of the entire training curriculum from top to bottom he saidAddressing the probationers Singh said You are joining the service when India is celebrating Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav 75 years of Independence but the next 25 years are going to be crucial for you as well as for the nations growth and progress The ASO foundation training programme is one of the first to have been redesigned incorporating important principles of Mission Karmayogi he saidSingh told the probationers that they are part of a historic batch which will be the first to undergo the revamped role-based and competency-based trainingThe minister said that he would like to see them making maximum use of this redesigned competency-based training programme being delivered by the ISTM during the foundation module which will empower them to fulfil the expectations of the nation and its citizensTaking positive note of the fact that more than 60 per cent of 900 officers are from engineering or technical backgrounds Singh said it augurs well as most of the schemes of the Modi government in the last seven years have a huge scientific orientation and dependence like the JAM trinity agriculture and soil health cards urban mobility smart cities DBT digital India national highways and urban planning to name a fewHe said the government has approved the National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building or Mission Karmayogi aimed at creating an opportunity of world class capacity building for all government officials based on the key principle of role-based learning rather than rule-based trainingThis is nothing but a scientific and objective approach to administration and to prepare oneself for the next role on a scientifically upgraded plane Singh saidThe central secretariat is the nerve centre of functioning of the government of India the minister saidThe government has a huge stake in the officers as their role will be crucial not only in proposal formulation but also in monitoring and implementation of the policies he addedThe officers will be working in various ministries which share the responsibility of the countrys security the poor welfare of farmers interest of women and youth and securing Indias place at the global platform Singh saidAs part of these ministries mandate you have to be ready to take up the challenges for achieving new goals for adopting a fresh approach and innovative methods Singh addedThe minister informed the trainee officers that he is working towards joint training programmes by institutes which are devoted to capacity building for good governance like the LBSNAA National Centre for Good Governance NCGG Indian Institute of Public Administration IIPA Institute of Secretarial Training and Management ISTM etc so that instead of working in silos there could be synergistic programmes which would supplement the individual efforts made by these institutes PTI AKV IJT