At the end of the presentation, the minister-officials enriched the findings by giving their suggestions.

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On the third day of the 10th brainstorming camp held at Ekta Nagar, after brainstorming on the thematic problem statements assigned by various groups, senior officials gave a presentation presenting the findings on behalf of their groups.

Health and nutrition

Health and Family Welfare Additional Chief Secretary Manoj Aggarwal and Rajkot Collector Prabhav Joshi while presenting at the conclusion of the group discussion on health and nutrition said that all indicators of health and nutrition are interrelated, there is a need to strengthen coordination between various departments. . is

Aggarwal suggested measures to bring the infant mortality rate below 12 and the maternal mortality rate below 27, reduce stunting and wasting and reduce the prevalence of anemia in the next five years.

The presentation by the team includes making the school/anganwadi the nodal point of nutrition campaign, organizing nutrition festival along with Pravesh Mohotsav and Gunotsav, organizing competitions like “Anemia Free School”/”Weight Gain”, providing pre-marriage counseling at sub-centres. is A one-stop Sakhi Center facility, making early diagnosis of high-risk pregnancies a primary dimension,
Advised to increase coverage of sonography, counseling of pregnant mothers at risk and parents of malnourished children.

 

Besides, to implement the mantra of “Apana Dwar Prakhand”, strengthening Bal Sakha Yojana in terms of PMJAY, maximum utilization of jowar, dates and fruits in Anganwadis and making meals affordable for children. Suggestions like food, adoption. Anganwadis and officials, Mamata Day and providing AYUSH services were introduced on Tuesday.

Qualitative improvement in school education in Gujarat

On behalf of the team, Education Department Secretary Vinod Rao and Navsari Collector Amit Prakash Yadav gave a presentation on qualitative improvement in the education sector with the noble intention of gradually increasing the foundation of education and providing better education facilities in future. nation-state. To ensure that basic reading, writing and numeracy skills are acquired by Class 3, to ensure that students achieve standard learning outcomes by Class 8, to improve the Net Enrollment Rate (NER) from Class 8 to Class 12, on all issues was emphasized. Such as improving the efficiency and accountability of teachers in schools, necessary reforms in school infrastructure to improve teaching and learning.

 

Apart from this, the officials in their opinion suggested encouraging conversation, song-music, drawing, playing, observing in the Anganwadi to develop children’s mental development, understanding of mistakes. Special emphasis was laid on inculcating morality, virtue and understanding in children, training teachers, gradually reducing the drop out ratio of children.

Infrastructure and capacity building in rural areas

Panchayat Department Additional Chief Secretary M.K. Das and Development Commissioner Sandeep Kumar made the presentation. In which suggestions were presented on important issues including capacity building, increase in technical capacity, increase in financial capacity of panchayats, management and maintenance of property of panchayats, brainstorming for overall development in panchayats.

In the discussion after the presentation, ministers, officials shared their experiences and opinions on issues like plastic waste management, solid waste management and creating more awareness towards the environment.

Urbanization and infrastructural development

Sudhir Kumar, Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department, Kutch District Magistrate Amit Kumar Arora and Bhavnagar Collector R.K. Mehta presented.

Pointing out the unique importance of cities as centers of industrial development, he presented the group’s views on environmental management and solid waste disposal, financial and administrative management. Cities need to make concrete plans to make them compact cities, he said. In particular, underground disposal of waste causes soil pollution and also pollutes groundwater, so proper management of land waste is essential.

As the government is moving towards planned development of cities in a way that preserves the environment along with clean and orderly cities, they have periodically organized Vibrant City Summit-Conclave for cities to boost urban development. Creative suggestion to organize .

Training and capacity building for employees of government and all autonomous bodies

Additional Chief Secretary Kamal Dayani, Principal Secretary Department of Administrative Reforms and Training Mohammad Shahid and Gujarat-Gandhinagar Vikas Sahai Agency (D-SAG) discussed various issues raised after discussing training and capacity building for employees of government and all autonomous bodies. was issues. Supreet Singh Gulati presented on behalf of the group. In which he decided the agenda of training required to increase the quality of work of Karma Yogis and suggested to organize training in phases. He also prescribed the duration of training and the standards prescribed for it.

Apart from this, it was suggested to provide training to Karma Yogis joining government service in the first year itself and also at the time of promotion. He said that efforts should be made to impart training in nationally or internationally recognized institutes to inculcate the spirit of leadership among Karma Yogis.

Apart from this, ideas were presented for capacity building of Karma Yogis, changing the structure of training institutes and creating international level campuses. Training literature and reading material can be made available to Karma Yogis by creating a digital library, so that Karma Yogis can develop skills to perform their duties better.

Various senior officials quoted after the presentation also emphasized on making the functioning of the government accountable, decisive, transparent and alert and capacity building of officials and employees. Also gave progressive suggestions to pave the way for good governance through karma yoga and skill development.

All the ministers and senior officials including the Chief Minister watched all the presentations carefully and enriched the discussion by giving their responses at the end of the presentations. Team Gujarat is committed to finding result-oriented solutions to all issues with a positive approach.