Kerala CM Gets UN Public Services Award

22 May 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

Oommen Chandy Kerala Cm won the Prestigious United Nations Public Service Award for his mass contact programme initiative. The Kerala chief minister bagged the first place in the category ‘Preventing and Combating Corruption in the Public Service’ from the Asia and Pacific region. The second place was bagged by South Korea’s Seoul Metropolitan Infrastructure Headquarters.

The UN Public Service Awards are given in five categories — Preventing and Combating Corruption in the Public Service; Improving the Delivery of Public Services; Fostering participation in public policy decision making through innovative mechanisms; Promoting Whole-of-Government Approaches in the Information Age; and Promoting Gender-Responsive Delivery of Public Services.

Chandy first launched the mass contact programme when he became the chief minister of Kerala in 2004. Under the programme, he travelled to all the 14 districts in the state to listen to the complaints of people relating to governance issues.A total of 5.5 lakh petitions were received in 2011, of which three lakh were resolved. Financial assistance worth Rs.22.68 crore was provided to the people during the programme.

This year’s awards ceremony will be held in Bahrain during the United Nations Public Service Forum meeting June 24-27. Chandy will receive the award from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at a ceremony June 27.

Source– http://www.firstpost.com/india/kerala-cm-oommen-chandy-gets-un-public-services-award-805625.html

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