PM interacts with DMs, ask them to achieve 100% saturation of services, facilities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to district magistrates of many districts in the country. He took stock of the implementation of various government schemes in the country.

The Interaction took place through video conferencing. According to the press statement of the Prime Minister’s Office, the district magistrates shared their experiences due to which their performance improved on many indicators.

“The Prime Minister sought direct feedback from them about the key steps taken by them which has resulted in success in the districts, and about the challenges faced by them in this endeavour. He also asked them about how working under the aspirational districts programme has been different from their work done earlier,” the PMO said.

It added, “The officers discussed how Jan Bhagidari has been a key factor behind this success. They spoke about how they kept people working in their team motivated on a daily basis, and made efforts to develop the feeling that they were not doing a job but were performing a service. They also spoke about increased inter-departmental coordination and benefits of data driven governance.”

CEO of the NITI Aayog presented an overview of the progress and implementation of the Aspirational District programme.

“He mentioned how the programme leveraged competitive and cooperative federalism, driven by a Team India spirit. The efforts have resulted in these districts performing remarkably better in every parameter, a fact which has been recognized independently by global experts as well,” the release said.

It added, “The best practises like smart classroom initiative from Banka, Bihar; Mission Aparajita to prevent child marriages in Koraput, Odisha etc. were replicated by other districts as well. Analysis of performance of districts vis-a-vis stability of tenure of key officials of the district was also presented.”