Year-End- Review-2021- Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances

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The Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances has taken several initiatives in the year 2021.

Several of them are

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India and the glorious history of its people, culture and achievements.

 Central Public Grievance Redressal Mechanism(CPGRAMS)

Good Governance Index 2021

District Good Governance Index (DGGI)

Good Governance Week: The government of India has launched a nationwide ‘Good Governance Week’ from 20th December to 26th December 2021 with the motto to redress and dispose of public grievances and improvise service delivery down to the village level

Note: 25th December is celebrated as ‘Good Governance Day’ to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Civil Services Day: Every year, 21st April is celebrated as Civil Services Day. The date is chosen to commemorate the day when the first Home Minister of Independent India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed the probationers of Administrative Services Officers in 1947 at Metcalf House, Delhi. He referred to civil servants as the ‘Steel Frame of India’.

Source: This post is based on the article “Year-End- Review-2021- Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances” published in PIB on 12th January 2022.