Terms of Reference
Review the existing departmental structure and recommend streamlining measures to eliminate the redundancies and improve coordination.
Analyze the workload distribution across Departments and propose realignment, if necessary.
Evaluate the feasibility of creating new Departments or merging existing ones to better address emerging challenges.
To revisit and redefine the role of Departments in the context of the evolving role of governance and the need for greater collaboration between and across Departments.
Manpower planning and Process re-engineering.
To suggest ways to position administrative services in the modern context of global integration, market emergence, and liberation.
To examine if the present administrative system of governance is optimally suited to the current developmental needs and the unique socio-economic context of the State.
To suggest a framework for possible areas where there is a need for governmental regulation (regulators) and those where it should be reduced.
To strengthen the framework for efficient, economical, sensitive, clean, objective, and agile administrative machinery.
Review recruitment policies and procedures for government positions, aiming for greater transparency and meritocracy.
Develop a comprehensive and continuous training and capacity building program including ethics in governance for civil servants at all levels to enhance their skills, knowledge and public connect.
Analyze existing staff cadres and recommend an efficient structure considering career progression, motivation, and performance management.
Promote gender equality and inclusion within civil service by reviewing recruitment and promotion policies.
To review the policy relating to, and all methods of recruitment, training, and placement and suggest changes, if required.
To provide guidelines for enhancing the performance of civil servants and their appraisal.
To study the various existing cadres in the State Government and recommend the most efficient method of cadre management, keeping in mind the State’s interest and the need to enhance public service delivery.
To improve methods of cadre management focusing on career progression, motivation, and productivity enhancement.
To strategize for the up gradation of skills and competencies of civil servants and administrative cadres and appropriate interventions for capacity building.
To link the performance of Civil Servants and Government personnel to social and economic objectives and outcomes.
To bring about systemic changes to infuse and sustain vibrancy and responsiveness.
To streamline and fine-tune a comprehensive and accessible public grievance handling and redress mechanism.
To devolve and delegate functions and resources to the local levels.
To examine the coordinating and leadership role of the District Officer in developmental activities and enlisting peoples’ participation therein.
To modernize and transform district administration in form and content keeping in mind the centrality thereof in regulating, facilitating and delivering services at the grass-root level.
To invest in and promote social capital in all levels of government as an instrument of enhancing governmental effectiveness.
To improve and strengthen the capability of the administration to proactively partner with the local community, particularly in remote and border areas.
To better the synergy between the government and the Community-Based Organizations (CBOs).
Increase the people-centricness of administrative approaches.
To ensure greater involvement of people’s representatives and the community at large in the conceptualization and execution of programmes.
Develop a comprehensive e-governance strategy to streamline government processes, improve service delivery, and enhance transparency, promote the use of information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for citizen engagement and access to information.
Prioritize data security and privacy measures within the e-governance framework.
To reduce red tape, delay, and inconveniences through technology interventions, including the use of modern tools, techniques, and instruments of e-governance and AI.
To promote knowledge sharing to realize continuous improvement in the quality of governance.