Chandigarh: Punjab Cabinet today approved
full extension of the government's 'Guardians of Governance'
(GoG) scheme to three more districts and its partial roll-out
in other districts of the state in the second phase.
The scheme will be fully implemented in Gurdaspur,
Patiala and Pathankot, as per the decision taken by the
cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Amarinder
Singh.
An official spokesperson said the scheme, aimed at
ensuring efficient and effective implementation of government
schemes at grassroots level, was now being extended in a
phased manner across the state after its successful
implementation in five districts in the first phase.
An app-based monitoring mechanism is fully functional to
ensure its smooth working, the official said.
The scheme is meant to harness the available pool of
distinguished ex-servicemen to oversee the implementation of
various schemes and programmes of the state government, so
that relief and assistance reaches the needy and is not
dissipated due to inefficiencies and leakages, an official
release said.
Nearly, 2,000 guardians are proposed to be engaged at
various levels under the scheme, the release said.
The GoG scheme would help the state to oversee the
implementation of government schemes, increase transparency in
governance, identify shortcomings/loopholes for corrective
action by the department concerned.
The scheme would promote accountability at each level,
put in place an effective monitoring mechanism at all levels
of governance up to the village level, and generate goodwill
and faith in the administration, it added.
PTI
