Bhubaneswar: G Mathivathanan, former secretary urban development and currently DG State Administrative Training Institute, Odisha has been nominated to head the working group on Capacity Building at a local level for urban local bodies across the country.
To strengthen and energise urban governance, the central government has formed Working Groups under broad areas of reforms at a political level, administrative level, re-defining role of parastatals, transition systems for rural-urban continuum and capacity building at the local level.
The expected deliverables after the submission of the report would be Model Municipal Act; Model Recruitment Rules; Model HR Policy; Model Framework for Transition systems for Rural – Urban Continuum; formulation of schemes etc. which may help facilitate State Governments and Urban Local Bodies to carry forward the work related to the improvement of urban governance, noted a release issued by the central government on Tuesday.
The Anchor institute for the above-mentioned Working Groups will be the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), New Delhi. Knowledge partners have also been enlisted.
The Working Groups shall submit its deliverables/final report to this Ministry within three months of their formation.
Mathivathanan who belongs to Odisha cadre had excelled in urban development during a long stint as secretary of the department before he was shifted to the training institute after the change of government in the state.
Evidently his performance as Urban Development secretary has been recognized by the centre which nominated him to chair one of the important working groups.
