Nagaland Rules of Executive Business key to good governance — Chief Secretary

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• J Alam addressing the capacity building training for AHoDs and senior officers in Kohima.

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• DIMAPUR — Nagaland Chief Secretary Dr. J Alam on Saturday underscored the importance of good governance and the role of senior officers in decision making.
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• Emphasising the importance of Nagaland Rules of Executive Business, the chief secretary urged the officers to thoroughly go through it as it serves as the foundational document for governance, a DIPR report stated.
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• Alam was addressing the capacity building training for AHoDs and senior officers, organised by the Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms (Administrative Reforms Branch), at the conference hall, Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima.
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• He pointed that many officers just pick and read parts of the Nagaland Rules of Executive Business, causing them to miss crucial points.
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• On the service conduct rules, discipline and appeal rules, Alam said that in Nagaland, “we do not actually use service conduct and discipline rules very frequently, so our familiarity with this is quite limited, although P&AR department is there to guide us in these matters.”
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• He urged senior officers to have the basic understanding of the matter and also guide the departments when need arises.
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• Stressing the importance of IT tools in governance, the chief secretary maintained that using various tools like Google calendar and ChatGPT app etc., can enhance personal productivity as officers.

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• Additionally, he called upon the officers to familiarise with the rules of executive business rules, service rules, accounting matters, legal aspects and assembly matters so that they can guide the subordinate in such matters.
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• When the senior most officers are not thorough or familiarised with office rules or procedures, there is every possibility that they might end up taking wrong decisions, he reminded.
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• Alam added that the topics were carefully selected with upcoming AHODs in mind, as they'll encounter similar challenges in their future roles as senior officers.
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• He advised officers to thoroughly prepare beforehand, ensuring clarity and enabling them to address any doubts during the training.
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• The chief secretary expressed encouragement at the attendance and hoped the training programme would yield tangible improvements in governance.
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• The training, which is mandatory for IAS, ex-cadre and NCS officers, will be conducted in phases, covering diverse topics such as capacity building, human resource management, and other state government-related matters.
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• The first round training is from May 31 to July 5 (working Saturdays), and second round from July 19 to August 30.
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• Resource persons for the training are Vyasan R, Home Commissioner; Vechovo Tetseo, Sr. Research Officer, P&AR; Lithrila Sangtam, Under Secretary, P&AR; Akumla Aier, Senior Programme Officer, IT&C; Ketoulhou Metha, OSD, Finance; Amenla Jamir, Addl. Director, Treasuries & Accounts; Vechiso Rhakho, Addl.
• Director, Treasuries & Accounts; Imlikokba, Asst. Development, Commissioner, Planning & Transformation; TB Jamir, Addl. Advocate General; Celine Asinuo Kulnu, Asst. Legal Remembrancer, Law & Justice; P Imna, Engineer in Chief, NPWD and Akule Pusa, EE, NPWD.
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• The training will cover key topics including rules of executive business, service and conduct rules, discipline and appeal rules, IT in governance, budget and finance, treasury and audit, planning, and legal aspects.
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• Further, the government is also planning to continue the training on other subject matters by engaging resource persons from outside the state.