Breaking Administrative Silos: A Strategic Shift Toward Integrated Governance
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a paradigm shift in bureaucratic functioning, emphasizing data-driven decision-making and inter-departmental synergy to enhance national governance.
In a high-level engagement with Secretaries to the Government of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the imperative of dismantling 'departmental silos'—a long-standing structural bottleneck in the Indian administrative framework. The directive highlights the need for both horizontal integration (coordination between different ministries) and vertical integration (alignment between central, state, and local administrative tiers) to ensure seamless policy implementation.
The Prime Minister’s vision centers on three core pillars: long-term strategic planning, the institutionalization of data as a national asset, and the integration of academic research into the policy cycle. By advocating for a closer partnership between government departments and universities, the administration aims to bridge the gap between theoretical research and ground-level policy execution. This approach is designed to move the civil service away from reactive, short-term crisis management toward a proactive, evidence-based governance model.
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