Towards efficient governance! Odisha to implement 5T charter and ‘Mo Sarkar’ more strictly

Bhubaneshwar, October 19: In a good move towards making governance more and more transparent and efficient, the Odisha Government has decided to reflect the implementation of 5T charter and ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative in the Annual Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) of different categories of Government employees.

 

This decision will apply to the employees of departments which are implementing the ‘Mo Sarkar’ initiative. 

5T programme is based on the philosophy that transparency, teamwork, technology and time leads to transformation. Reports stated that under this programme, the Chief Minister and other dignitaries will seek feedback from common citizens on the kind of response and service they received when they visited the government facilities. 

In case of All India Service (AIS) officers, out of an overall numerical assessment of 10, a value of two would be assigned with respect to the performance of an officer on 5T and Mo Sarkar initiative. One mark has been assigned for implementation of 5T Charter of their departments, 0.5 marks each for implementing the Charter of the government and Mo Sarkar. 10 per cent has been earmarked for implementation of 5T Charter of Department while 5 per cent each for the implementation of 5T Charter of Government and Mo Sarkar.

'Mo Sarkar' means 'My Government' in Odia. It is a transformative initiative of 5-T programme, which was introduced by Naveen Patnaik after he returned to power as the Chief Minister of the state for a fifth consecutive term on October 2, in order to promote transparency in the governance. 

According to reports, the programme was launched at all the police stations along with 21 district headquarters hospitals and three government-run medical college hospitals at Cuttack, Berhampur, and Sambalpur. However, it is said to be effective at all the 30 district headquarters by October 30.