On the initiative of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the webinar on the subject ‘Good Governance’ was organised on Saturday in Bhopal to prepare a roadmap of Atma-Nirbhar Madhya Pradesh. In a transformational planning process for Good Governance, the Government of Madhya Pradesh along with NITI Aayog has adopted a collaborative and consultative process to plan its future. Drawing on experts from a variety of fields, as well as other key resources, a 3-year Action Plan is being prepared by the State, on four priority areas of Physical Infrastructure, Governance, Health and Education, and Economy and Employment. Further, all this is being achieved despite the constraints of the Covid-19 pandemic, by the use of Information and Communication Technology. From August 7 to 11, 2020, four webinars are being held on the four priority areas. The Additional Chief Secretaries of the departments viz. Home, Public Health, Labour and Narmada Valley Development of the state government are leading the webinars with the team of officials. Four groups are further divided into 18 sub-groups. The sub-groups comprises of representatives from the Central Government, NITI Aayog, NIPFP; premier academicinstitutions such as IIMs, IIT, ISB,NISG, SPA ; Public Policy Institutions such as Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Research Foundation, India Foundation, Rambhau Mahalgi Prabodhini, Kronstadt Indo-US- Washginton ICEPAC, representatives of International Institutions like- WHO, UNDP , World Bank, Consultancy firms such as – E & Y, PwC and the private sector, such as IBM and Tech Mahindra, L & T, CMR Infra , Welspun, Wipro , RIL , Adani Power, Grant Thorton to name a few. The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis (AIGGPA), Bhopal is playing a key coordination role, including providing facilitators for each sub-group. After brainstorming in their respective focus areas, the sub-groups are preparing action plans during the event, which cover the current status, envisioned outcomes, strategies to achieve them, roles of different stakeholders, as well as proposed timelines. Measurable outcome indicators and KPIs will be proposed, along with short-term, medium-term and long-term targets. The plans will also outline the financial resources required to achieve the outcomes, including innovative funding mechanisms for raising financial resources to fund various development projects. In the end, the sub-groups will make presentations before the Chief Minister Chouhan, which serve as a foundation in strategizing state’s roadmap for the next 03 years for inclusive growth.

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