SHILLONG: Deputy Chief Minister R.C. Laloo on Monday advised the civil servants to use the latest available technologies in order to tackle the emerging challenges in governance and also for good service delivery to the people of the State and the nation as a whole.
Addressing civil servants during the Civil Services Day programme organised with the theme, “Emerging Challenges in Governance” at the State Convention Centre here, Laloo said that the people of the country have become more demanding and as such the civil servants have to be more proactive and responsible and upgrade their effectiveness to address the growing needs.
Home Minister Roshan Warjri said that civil servants have done a commendable job with the emerging challenges in the present-day governance.
She urged the officers to rededicate themselves to the cause of the people and serve the nation to the best. “The process of administration has to be re-engineered to adapt with the ever changing generation for the delivery of good governance so as to enable the civil servants to address the expectations of the people and the nation,” she added.
Chief Secretary Barkos Warjri, while giving the keynote address, observed that interaction and close association between civil servants and ministers would ensure smooth delivery of services.
Others who spoke at the inaugural function were M.R. Synrem, Secretary, Government of Meghalaya and Sanjay Goyal, Deputy Commissioner, East Khasi Hills District.
The inaugural function was followed by a panel discussion on the theme ’emerging challenges in governance’.
Thereafter presentations were made on various topics namely, ‘Black Topping of Rural Roads’ by K.N. Kumar, ‘Community Participation in Increasing the Protected Forest Area in Meghalaya’ by Y.S. Shullai, ‘Meghalaya Health Insurance Scheme’ by M.R. Synrem, ‘Safe and Secure Shillong’ by M. Kharkrang, ‘Integrated Village Development Plan’ by A.S. Suting and ‘Enterprise Facilitation Centre’ by P. Jain.
