Odisha: Brainstorming Workshop on “MUKTA goal-setting” Held

Bhubaneswar: A one-day state-level brainstorming workshop on “MUKTA goal-setting” was held today under the chairmanship of G Mathi Vathanan Principal Secretary to the Government, H&UD Department.

In his opening address the Principal Secretary Mathi Vathanan highlighted that the government of Odisha has been actively working towards improving Urban capacities and resources through various means such as strengthening scheme implementation, process re-engineering, and developing robust progress monitoring mechanisms. One of the key areas of reform concerns holistic organisation development work, which aims to optimise and strengthen the capacities and capabilities of the ‘people’, including all the government functionaries and community partners who form the core of the Housing and Urban Development Department , he informed.

Further Mathi Vathanan told that MUKTA scheme is one of the the flagship programme of the Government which is adopting the reforms being taken up under the Organization Development strand. The prioritization of MUKTA’s goals and how each stakeholder can contribute to their success was discussed vividly in the workshop . He shows confidence and expected that each one of the stakeholders will actively participate and share thoughts to further contribute to the agenda of mapping the roles of each stakeholder to the broader goals of MUKTA while setting clear metrics for measuring our success in delivering MUKTA, leading to improved service delivery for the last mile beneficiaries.

The organization’s development work will help all to gain a clear understanding of how the work contributes to the larger goals of the schemes and missions we implement. It does so by bringing more clarity to the roles and responsibilities of each stakeholder while also carving a clear path to build the capacities to deliver those roles and responsibilities. All of this collectively aids in being successful in the work, which leads to the success of the schemes and missions implemented.

Among others Sangramjit Nayak , Director Municipal Administration; Sagarika Patnaik, Special Secretary , Durgesh Nandini Sahoo, Addl. Secretary , Sarada Prasad Panda, Joint Secretary and State Nodal Officer MUKTA , Sanjay Pramanik,OSD-Spl Secretary and other departmental Officers attended the workshop and shared the critical aspects that need to be taken care of for effective goal setting.

The municipal commissioner, deputy commissioner, executive officers, municipal engineers, and MUKTA professionals also participated in the workshop.