Govt plans to send senior officers for training abroad

PUDUCHERRY: The Central government proposes to send high level officers for training abroad to update their knowledge and capability, Minister of State in the PMO, V Narayanasamy, said today.

Noting that officers need periodical training to update their capability, he said there is a plan on the part of the government to send them for training to USA, UK, Singapore and the Scandinavian countries to get acquainted with the best administrative practices in those countries.

Narayansamy, Congress MP from Puducherry, was inaugurating a two-day regional conference on 'Reforms for citizen centric governance' organised here jointly by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances New Delhi and Puducherry administration.

Referring to the need for holding conferences and workshops for officers, he said, the lack of training, updated knowledge and understanding of people's problems were found to be bottlenecks in ensuring good governance.

Launching along with Chief Minister N Rangasamy a web portal for Puducherry, he said, the UPA government was committed to eradicating corruption at all levels so that people had 'transparent, effective and efficient administration'.

The portal helps people file their grievances online to the administration, which in turn will act within a fixed timeframe, officials said.

Narayanasamy also said the government was firm to ensure that the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bills were passed in Parliament as part of its initiative to ensure that people's grievances were addressed fast and without lapse.