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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu asked the officials to set an example of good governance. Speaking on Thursday, the chief minister noted that this can be done by setting up short-term, medium-term and long-term goals, driven by data, adding that this is the primary goal of the TDP-led NDA government, which formulated a vision plan accordingly. The CM was addressing a meeting on data-driven governance at the Secretariat.

 

"Extend good governance to people by formulating plans aligning to short-term, medium-term and long-term goals," Naidu said.

 

He stated that the main objective for public representatives and officials must be to deliver better services to the people. He further urged them to efficiently utilise the 'village secretariats' by treating them as a vision unit for planning and delivery. Village secretariats are formed for effective implementation of various government schemes at grassroots level.

 

 

CM Naidu then called on officials to work in tandem with the goals of the 2047 vision document, and directed them to achieve results on a monthly and quarterly basis. He noted that the vision plan will be implemented by assigning a senior official for each district.

 

According to the CM, data driven governance has emerged as a crucial mechanism and noted that a Quantum Computer will be unveiled next January in the greenfield capital city of Amaravati. Based on interpreting data drawn from Real Time Governance System (RTGS), he said these insights will be relayed to respective departments for faster decision-making, adhering to these insights.

 

Similarly, Naidu observed that data pertaining to all departments will be saved in a data lake for informed decision making. He called for syncing police department data to the data lake.

 

The Chief Minister also instructed officials to make efficient use of DigiLocker, a platform introduced by the Central government about a decade ago. Naidu further alleged that the previous YSRCP government had committed numerous irregularities in the Excise Department, which are now being "remedied."