12-02-2011, 05:46 AM
Referring to programmes, implemented by the Narendra Modi government, Kalam pointed out that approximately one lakh officials in Gujarat, from the CM to taluka-level staff, agricultural scientists and other stakeholders, spend a month during April and May in rural areas demonstrating the best of technologies to farmers.
"Such initiatives indicate a strong administrative will to ensure development reaches the rural sector. Krushi Mahotsav tours all 18,600 villages of the state, providing information and counseling on soil health, organic farming, technology and inputs, irrigation, etc., besides infusing a new spirit of change and mass mobilization," he said while delivering the UPSC lecture on Governance and Public Service.
Besides, he said, the Gujarat government has also instituted an e-governance system linking the panchayat level, district HQs and the state government leading to transparency and speed in the decision-making process. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india...951501.cms
"Such initiatives indicate a strong administrative will to ensure development reaches the rural sector. Krushi Mahotsav tours all 18,600 villages of the state, providing information and counseling on soil health, organic farming, technology and inputs, irrigation, etc., besides infusing a new spirit of change and mass mobilization," he said while delivering the UPSC lecture on Governance and Public Service.
Besides, he said, the Gujarat government has also instituted an e-governance system linking the panchayat level, district HQs and the state government leading to transparency and speed in the decision-making process. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india...951501.cms