JAMMU, JAN 22: The Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Amit Shah today virtually release India’s First “District Good Governance Index”, prepared by DARPG in collaboration with Government of Jammu & Kashmir in presence of Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, PG and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh and the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Manoj Sinha at Convention Centre Jammu.
“Major changes began in 2019 under the leadership of Shri Modi in Kashmir. Only 87 MLAs, six MPs and three families used to share power in Jammu & Kashmir, today more than 30,000 people’s representatives from the village level to the Union Territory leveling are serving the people. Some political parties are hurt because Panchayati Raj has taken effect away from clutches of their families and they say that after the Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu &Kashmir, the law and order situation has deteriorated. I want to tell these people that if we undertake a comparative study of the period from April 2017 to 2019 and 2019 to 2021, then there has been a 40 percent decline in terrorist incidents and 57 percent in deaths,” he said.
Describing this event an important day not only for J&K but the country as a whole, Mr Shah said that this new beginning in J&K today will reach every state of the country and will lead to a healthy competition of good governance in every district of the country.
Mr Shah also said that the district is an important unit in the true sense if good governance is to be taken to the grassroots level and unless there is good governance at the district level, the governance has no meaning. Sh. Shah added that competition between districts through this Good Governance Index will be of great benefit to the general public of J&K.
Mr Shah also said that some political parties are hurt because Panchayati Raj has taken effect away from clutches of their families and they say that after the Abrogation of Article 370 in J&K, the law and order situation has deteriorated.