Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, July 4: GST roll-out and remonetization are among the major bold initiatives of the Modi Government and could be carried forward successfully because of the peoples’ faith in the sincerity and commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team.
This was stated here by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh while addressing the 43rd “Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration” organized by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) with the support of Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Govt of India.
In his inaugural address, Dr Jitendra Singh said, even though the GST exercise went on for over a decade and neither Prime Minister Modi nor his Government denies credit to the preceding Prime Ministers and their Governments for their contribution, but the facts on record would always bear out that what could not be accomplished in over a decade, was made possible within three years simply because of sincere and transparent approach of the Modi Government and diligently conducted deliberations by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
What is remarkable to note, he said, that even as every decision in the GST Council required mandatory 3/4th majority with 2/3rd representation from the States, at the end of the day, every decision was finalized unanimously without resorting to voting even on a single occasion.
Similarly, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the decision of remonetization is something which normally elected Governments do not take risk to go ahead with, but the Modi Government had both the courage and the courage of conviction which was duly responded to by the common masses of India. It is a great tribute to the people of India, he said, that in spite of initial hardships, they chose to stand by the Prime Minister’s decision of remonetization because, they trusted that, in the long run, this would be in their benefit and help the future of their children.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that any future agenda or policy planning will have to be based on the aspirations of the youth of the country. He also suggested that the training programmes in Public Administration should keep on board youth representatives whose inputs could determine the agenda, both for governance as well as public service.
Living up to the pragmatism and aspiration of “New India”, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Modi Government had done away with nearly 1500 such rules and laws, which had turned obsolete and were no longer relevant. At the same time, to make the more youth centric, revolutionary decisions like self-attestation of certificates and abolition of interviews for job selection at junior levels had been taken, he added.
Dr Tishyarakshit Chatterjee, Director APPPA, P.N. Chaturvedi, former Governor of Karnataka and Prof. C. Sheela Reddy, Programme Director also spoke on the occasion.
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