The Government of Assam has constituted Assam Administrative Reforms Commission with the following members and with terms of reference and working procedure as under:

The Governor of Assam is pleased to constitute the Assam Administrative Reforms Commission, with the following members for the purpose of taking concrete steps to tone up efficiency, responsiveness and accountability at all levels and ensure total transparency in the administration.

1. Shri Jatin Hazarika, IAS (Retd.), Assam - Chairman
2. Shri Tapan Lal Baruah, IAS (Retd.), Assam - Member
3. Shri Nirmal Kumar Choudhury, Retd. Vice Chancellor, Gauhati University - Member
4. Dr. (Mrs.) Bharati Sarma, IIPA, New Delhi - Member
5. Shri P.K.Choudhury, Formerly Director (HRD), H.M.T. Bangalore - Member
6. Shri Mahadeo Jalan, Tea Planter & Industrialist, Assam - Member
7. The Commissioner & Secretary to the Government of Assam, Dept of Personnel, Dispur - Member
8. Secretary to the Government of Assam, Administrative Reforms & Training Department - Member Secretary

• Terms of Reference
  1. Examine the ways and means of creating an environment wherein the officers and staff will respond to the people with courtesy, service-mindedness and a spirit of understanding; provide to the people, at any level of interaction, adequate information about the Government policies and programmes and rules and regulations to generally accelerate the process of decision-making.
  2. Suggest policy to make the administration accountable and responsive
  3. Examine the ways and means of evolving simplified procedure for Government machinery for implementation of various plans and programmes of the Government without undue delay.
  4. Revamping of "Delivery System" for effective implementation of development programmes dovetailed with effective monitoring and evaluation system.
  5. To examine the quality of life of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minorities and people living in the geographically isolated areas viz., Char, tea gardens and Border areas and suggest suitable measures to improve the government delivery system therein.
  6. Reviewing the process of collecting fair and justifiable changes for the services rendered and facilities provided by the government to the public.
  7. Examine the process of bringing transparency in administration for elimination of corruption.
  8. To examine the need for decentralization of powers and decision-making process
  9. Measures for creation of work culture with sense of direction where performance and result orientation is given topmost priority.
  10. Areas from which Government can withdraw from direct involvement so as to focus on core sectors of Governance
  11. To formulate policy for entrusting identified programmes to NGO's and private sectors which could be implemented by them
  12. To examine the extensive utilization of information technology in Government administration
  13. Organizational restructuring and consolidation of Departments: for this purpose carry out the functional reviews for selected departments. Including the
      1. Rationalization of activities between various departments so as to reduce overlapping of functions, streamline activities and reduce redundant posts.
      2. Abolition of schemes that are redundant and have not achieved the required objectives and merger of schemes that are similar in content.
      3. To examine the multiplication of committees at district and sub-district level and suggest suitable measures
• Working

  The Commission is authorized to evolve its own method of functioning, and to appoint any committees, which it may deem fit for assisting it and also to appoint any advisers it may feel necessary.

  The Commission is also authorized to inter-act with or hold meetings and consultations with any expert, specialist or citizen of its choice to acquire any input, which are essential for its effective functioning. The Commission can also inspect any Government Department or any wing of the administrative machinery at any level. During such inspections, the concerned Secretaries, Heads of Departments and other Officers shall provide any information sought by the Commission on the working of that department.

  The Commission can secure the services of any expert on organization to study and analyse the functioning of any Government department pertaining to any subject on its behalf and also can conduct seminars and workshops on all such issues. The Commission may request the perceptions of Good Governance from the Hon'ble Public representatives as well.

  The Commission may even invite the members of Administrative Reforms Commission for discussion.

• Implementation of Report by the Government

  The report submitted by the Commission will be placed before the Cabinet for approval and will be implemented with in one year suitably. With in a fortnight of placing the report before the Cabinet, the report will be widely published and the summary copy be sent to all Public representatives, media and noted personalities of the state and the country.

   

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