Itanagar, June 13 (FN Representative) The new Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu in its first sitting on Thursday took a slew of policy decisions towards laying the foundation for building a ‘Viksit Arunachal’ in the next five years.In this direction, “the new Government has pledged itself to a transformative reform agenda for the next 5 years. As the first step of this journey, the Cabinet today rolled out Reforms 3.0, identifying 24 citizen-centric initiatives as part of the transformative journey touching citizens’ lives and aspirations, and directed all departments to implement these initiatives in letter and spirit,” a statement from the CMO said. It said top priority has been accorded to Governance Reforms with the decision to achieve 100% digitalisation of the Finance and Planning Departments to enable all Government payments only through digital mode. A bottom-up planning process will be initiated for the effective development and preparation of district-level consultative Vision Plans.To improve last mile service delivery, the offices of the Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners will be strengthened. A Committee of Secretaries will be set up to examine the existing compliances and recommend steps to enhance ease of living and ease of doing business, including the repeal of old and archaic laws. The Cabinet approved creating a Golden Repository of citizen data of the State to ensure pro-active scheme enrolment with no/minimal enrolment process for citizens. A policy think-tank, the Institute for Transforming Arunachal (ITA), will be constituted to drive innovation in governance and enable socio-economic transformation. Further, an Administrative Reforms Commission will be notified to examine and provide recommendations for improved organisational structure, recruitment and staffing policies to build a lean, efficient and agile administrative structure with maximum adoption of technology, it said. To provide an enhanced quality of life to citizens, the Cabinet resolved to ensure 100% physical and digital connectivity to all unconnected villages and administrative headquarters for which a detailed action plan will be prepared.
In line with the National Education Policy, 2020 which envisions universal access to education, improved learning outcomes and pass percentages of students, developing 21st-century skills amongst students and improving efficiency and efficacy of teacher training, an implementation road map of the policy will be prepared. The government will formulate a Policy enabling top educational institutions to set up campuses in Arunachal Pradesh and also encourage the participation of community-based organizations (CBOs), NGOs and other CSOs in the field of education. The Dulari Kanya Scheme will be revamped to provide incentives to every girl child from Arunachal Pradesh to encourage enrollment in graduation or professional courses.An action plan for 21,000 plus women to become ‘Lakhpati Didis’ over the next 5 years, earning an annual income of more than Rs 1,00,000 and achieving a higher standard will be made. The government will also formulate a new farm-to-fork Agricultural and Horticultural Policy to unlock the agri-allied sector potential of the state. The Chief Minister’s Social Security Scheme will be revamped for wider coverage of beneficiaries and timely coverage of beneficiaries such as widows, elderly and Divyangs to ensure their dignity of life and improve their quality of life. The Government will work towards 100% saturation of DBT for all schemes ensuring targeted and timely payments to beneficiaries.Digital Asset Inventory will be created for all public infrastructure, especially schools, hospitals (SHCs, PHCs, District Hospitals), Anganwadi Kendras etc for proper planning and utilisation of public assets. The Cabinet also decided to create a new Master Plan to make the Itanagar-Naharlagun twin capital city future-ready and improve urban livability.