Assam government to start implementation of Project Sadbhavana from Feb 1

The Assam Chief Minister made this call while taking part in an interactive programme with the officials in connection with Project Sadbhavana at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.

Sarma said that taking a decisive action to clear all old cases and close the long-pending files, the state government will start implementation of Project Sadbhavana from February 1, 2022.

He said that there are many old cases pertaining to various departments at Janata Bhawan and in such cases, decisions have been pending for years. While the old files are gathering dusts at the rack, the citizens have to make visits in pursuing the cases, hoping for some decision by the concerned department.

The Assam Chief Minister said that in view of this, an one time exercise to dispose of all the old cases, i.e. cases before May 2021 in a time bound manner by May 10, 2022, Project Sadbhavana has been undertaken by the state government, which will bring huge relief to the citizens.

“It will result in closing files and making space in the departments. Clearing all the old cases will drastically reduce the number of visits to the Secretariat too. Under Project Sadbhavana, in the first phase, a window of two months will be given to all the citizens for registration and quoting the file number or reference of government communication regarding the old cases,” he said.

Stating that the government will use technology extensively in completing this exercise, Sarma said that in the frontend, the portal will be used for inviting response from the citizens. Citizens can track the progress of their response also.

The file movement will be tracked through e-Office. Further, the implementation of this project will be monitored by the Government through a Dashboard,” the Chief Minister informed.

Outlining plans for making government more efficient and people centric, the Chief Minister informed that along with Project Sadbhavna, the government of Assam aims to undertake swacchta drive to create a healthy working environment at Janata Bhawan.

He also said that once Project Sadbhavana is brought to a logical conclusion on May 10, 2022, the state government will initiate implementation of the e-Office system at Janata Bhawan, which is targeted to be made operational across all departments at the secretariat by May 10, 2023.

Sarma urged the officials to be an active part of this new change and be the change agent that people of the state are waiting for.