Minister Dr Timilsina directs officials to keep citizens in centre

Minister for Information and Communications, Dr Bikram Timilsina, directed the ministry officials and subordinate agencies to ensure effective and efficient service delivery that keeps citizens in centre. In his address to the first quarterly review of the current fiscal year 2083/84 and the Ministerial Development Problem Solving Committee (MDEC) meeting held at the Ministry Friday, Minister Dr Timilsina reminded the employees to pay heed to result-oriented performance in line with responsibilities and mandate of the institutions. “Mere routine works are not achievements. Only the services received by the citizens and their impact reflect how effectively employees perform,” Minister Timilsina said, adding that special focus is needed to achieve expected results. According to him, the chiefs and employees at the Ministry and subordinate bodies should be responsible for their duties. Proactive attitude and accountability are other essentials for leadership to meet the objectives of the organization, the Minister maintained. It is not necessary to wait for review meeting to resolve problems, he said, adding that the problems can be solved by bringing various proposals and options. The Minister underscored the need of fulfilling the performance agreements between the secretaries of the Ministry and the chiefs of the subordinate bodies in order to meet the government’s goals and responsibilities. He reminded that the performance agreement he made with the Prime Minister was also linked to the effective performance of subordinate bodies. Other issues the Minister brought to employees’ attention were utilization of allocated budget, timely procurement process, reinforcement of coordination and collaboration among various agencies, institutional confidentiality and professional honesty. He informed that institutional reform was underway along with the advancement to the Organization and Management Survey (ONM). In the review meeting, secretary at the Ministry, Rajendra Kumar Poudel, informed that the Ministry was giving a pace to the activities relating to policy, performance and budget. “The overall status in the first quarter is satisfactory,” he observed. He hoped it would easier from the second quarter to make service delivery faster, more effective and free of complaint. The implementation of the online system, employee management and internal administrative reforms should be taken forward with priority, according to secretary. The meeting reviewed the progress of the ministry and its subordinate bodies in the first quarter. RSS The post Minister Dr Timilsina directs officials to keep citizens in centre appeared first on Technology Khabar.