About The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG):
- What it is?
- It is an autonomous institute under the aegis of Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India.
- The NCGG has been set up to assist in bringing about governance reforms through studies, training, knowledge sharing and promotion of good ideas.
- It seeks to carry out policy relevant research and prepare case studies; curate training courses for civil servants from India and other developing countries.
- Head office:
- Its head office is at New Delhi and branch office at Mussoorie.
- Objectives:
- To function as a national repository on information on best practices, initiatives and methodologies that promote Good Governance, e-Governance etc.
- To advise on key issues in governance and develop synergy across various Ministries/ Departments of GoI, and State Governments;
- Background :
- NCGG traces its origin to the National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR). NIAR was set up in 1995 by the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) the Government of India’s apex training Institute for higher civil services. NIAR was subsequently rechistened with an expanded mandate, as National Centre for Good Governance, which was inaugurated on February 24th, 2014.
Source : PIB
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