Punjab Government led by CM Mann is striving for digital transformation and improvement in providing public services across the state: Administrative Reforms Minister

Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab government committed to digital transformation and improvement in public service delivery across the state: Administrative Reforms Minister

Punjab Minister for Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances Aman Arora has called on the Indian Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business (IS) to explore the possibilities of collaboration between the Punjab government and academic partners to make the administration and public services system more effective in the state. B.) discussed with the team.

Discussing several focused initiatives for the state of Punjab, Aman Arora said that the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann is committed to further strengthen the public service delivery system across the state and bring digital transformation. Government-academic partnerships are an important step in this direction, providing research and evidence-based policy information to government.

The purpose of the meeting was to explore the possibilities of collaboration between the Government of Punjab and the Indian Institute of Public Policy on several focused initiatives for the state of Punjab. During this meeting, Policy Director Dr. A team from the Indian Institute of Public Policy led by Arushi Jain proposed the Punjab State Data Portal – various data sets and information related to the state of Punjab, including steps taken for more effective public service delivery and good governance. discussed so as to enhance the government’s data-based decision-making capacity and bring more transparency by making data accessible to the public. Meanwhile, another e-platform providing data analysis focused on real time governance monitoring and its future analysis was also discussed.

In this meeting, Special Secretary of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances Department Girish Dayalan, Indian Institute of Public Policy, ISB besides other employees of the department. The team in which Senior Manager Government Training Dr. Shrik Hasan Manzeer and Project Lead, India Data Portal Amrita Chakraborty were also present.