<span style="color: #222222;">The Centre will train 20,000 Government Officials of Jammu and Kashmir in grievance redressal and the task will be undertaken by the Department of Administrative Reforms under Ministry of Personnel and Training.<br />''<br />''This was announced in Srinagar today by Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh while inaugurating a two-day Regional Conference on the theme 'Bringing Citizens and Government Closer – Through Administrative Reforms' at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre in Srinagar.<br />''<br />''The Regional Conference is being organized by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances in collaboration with Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The conference is being held in the backdrop of replication of good governance practices in the Union Territory. Sixteen PM Awardees presented their innovations in the event.<br />''<br />''Speaking on this occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh said, Jammu and Kashmir became the first UT in the country to have Good Governance Index and was also first to launch District Good Governance Index for 20 Districts of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in January this year. He said, the index represented a major administrative reform in benchmarking good governance at district level and a significant step for timely collation and publication of statistics at state or district level.<br />''<br />''Dr. Singh said that governance reforms must be taken to next level and he proposed the idea of Aspirational Blocks on the lines of Aspirational Districts based on 41 scientifically evolved indices and aimed at bringing districts lagging in certain parameters at par with the best performing districts. The Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accorded the top priority in bringing the overall development in the Union Territory of J&K.<br />''<br />''Dr Singh said that the Central Government is committed to raising the living standards of its citizens and ensuring inclusive growth for all. He said that ADP closely focuses on improving people's ability to participate fully in the developmental economy.<br />''<br />''During the two-day event, presentations are being made on priority programs from the Prime Awards for Excellence In Public Administration, 2021; Promoting 'Jan Bhagidari' or People's Participation in Poshan Abhiyan; Promoting excellence in sports and wellness through Khelo India Scheme; Digital Payments and Good Governance in PM SVANidhi Yojana; Holistic Development through One District-One Product Scheme; Seamless, End-to-End Delivery of Services without Human Intervention (District/Others) and Innovations (Centre, State and Districts). One Session is also on the theme of Improving e-Service Delivery in J&K.</span><br />