Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio called on the Administrative Heads of Department and Heads of Department to adopt good governance practices and ensure better delivery of public services while addressing the AHoDs and HoDs meeting at the Secretariat Conference Hall, Kohima on Tuesday. The meeting was also attended by all the DCs via video conferencing, a DIPR report stated.

Rio stated that Government employees have the opportunity to serve the people in various capacities and one should take it as a privilege to work for the welfare and development of Nagaland and its citizens. He called for cooperation and coordination between all the departments of the State machinery and sought sincere commitment from the government officials.

The Chief Minister also maintained that all the Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Programs should be implemented in a timely manner and called on the DCs to take equal responsibility for the successful implementation of the CSSs in their respective Districts. He also directed AHoDs and HoDs to constantly monitor the progress of all the schemes being implemented through their respective Departments and ensure timely completion.

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Chief Secretary Nagaland, J Alam, IAS assured for translating the political will into action and called on the AHoDs and HoDs to implement the policy and programmes of the government with commitment.

Earlier, in the meeting the Chief Secretary reiterated on the attendance of Government employees at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Directorates and all Government establishments. During the discussions it was brought out that there were some issues in regard to the Biometric set up system, which the IT Department assured to look into and resolve.

Presentations were also made by the Finance Department on SNA system for the CSS schemes while the Land Revenue Department made a presentation in regard to the land under control of the Government Departments in Nagaland in the various districts.