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Time of India
10-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Speed up work on GMCs in Washim, Bhandara, Ambernath, Palghar: Fadnavis
Nagpur: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed all departments to coordinate and prioritise making land available for the construction of proposed govt medical colleges (GMCHs) at Washim, Bhandara, Ambernath, and Palghar. He spoke at a review meeting held at Vidhan Bhavan to assess the progress of land availability and construction for these medical colleges and hospitals on Wednesday. Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, medical education minister Hasan Mushrif, food and civil supplies minister Chhagan Bhujbal, health minister Prakash Abitkar, minister of state Meghana Bordikar, and chief secretary Rajesh Kumar were present. Fadnavis said that the govt had approved the construction of new medical colleges in Washim, Bhandara, Ambernath, and Palghar. He instructed local representatives and district administrations to inspect and finalise suitable land for these projects. He emphasised the need for time-bound planning, including the appointment of consultant agencies and the completion of related tasks, to avoid delays. Local administrations were directed to ensure no work is delayed. Fadnavis further noted that GMCHs with a capacity of 100 students and hospitals with 430 beds are under construction in Sindhudurg, Jalna, Amravati, Washim, Wardha, Buldhana, Gadchiroli, Parbhani, and Hingoli. Additional funding is required to provide facilities at these colleges. He directed the PWD to prepare a revised comprehensive proposal for all works, in accordance with the National Medical Commission's regulations, and present it to the high-level committee. In October 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated two new GMCs in Bhandara and Washim, Maharashtra, each offering 100 MBBS seats for the 2024–25 academic year. Affiliated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), both colleges received National Medical Commission approval. Bhandara's GMC will operate on a 25-acre campus at Paladi village, while Washim will utilise the district hospital. Each has 448 sanctioned posts, with 197 to be filled this year, supported by Rs34.7 crore in funding. Plans for 400–450-bed hospitals are set for completion within 2–3 years. BOX Fadnavis urges online expansion of health services Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis directed guardian secretaries to devise planned programmes for urban health projects, emphasising the online delivery of public health department services via the Aaple Sarkar portal. Speaking at a Vidhan Bhavan review meeting, Fadnavis stressed strengthening primary health centres, estimating Rs5,983 crore for modernising 398 centres and 2,806 sub-centres. He called for effective implementation of health schemes, simplified procurement, and AI integration. Fadnavis also urged for updation of the department's website, decentralising services, and drafting a state health policy.
Indian Express
10-07-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
CM tells health officials to expand digital services
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed public health officials to expand digital services and improve healthcare infrastructure in urban areas, stressing that planning must be aligned with population needs across both urban and rural regions. At a review meeting of the Public Health Department held at Vidhan Bhavan, Fadnavis said services under the state's public health schemes should be brought online and integrated with the 'Aaple Sarkar' portal. He also called for simplified procurement processes for medicines and medical equipment, and encouraged wider adoption of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Health Minister Prakash Abitkar, Medical Education Minister Hasan Mushrif, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, and other senior officials. Fadnavis said the number of primary health centres in urban areas should be increased, on par with rural areas. The government has proposed modernisation of 398 primary health centres and 2,806 sub-centres, with an estimated cost of Rs 5,983 crore to be disbursed in phases. The CM said a new infrastructure development corporation should be set up and suggested the creation of a dedicated board to handle recruitment for the health department.
Time of India
04-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Now, CM's 150-day action plan aims to improve e-governance
Mumbai: After successful completion of the 100-day action plan, CM Devendra Fadnavis has now drafted a 150-day plan for providing result-oriented administration. The highlight of the new plan is to effectively link tehsils with Mantralaya and coordination among all departments, both vertically and horizontally. As per a govt resolution issued a few days ago, it is a comprehensive action plan for e-governance, which is expected to result in improvement in efficiency at all levels, and lists targets of govt-to-citizen (G2C) interactions, govt-to-business interactions (G2B), and govt-to-govt interactions (G2G) for departments. Under the G2C target, departments have been asked to provide as many services as possible to people through online portals, cutting down the need to visit govt offices and resulting in improved ease of living. All laws, rules, govt decisions and circulars should be put in the public domain, all services should be notified under the right to guarantee and made available on Aaple Sarkar, and decisions should be taken in a manner that they help the public, according to the plan, which also pushed for creation of a dashboard for supervision. The order said all G2B services should be made available under e-governance so that there is ease of doing business. It said all permissions required to start a business should be listed, the number of approvals should be reduced, unnecessary documents should not be asked for, FAQs should be drafted for all services, a full-fledged grievance redressal machinery must be set up, and a dashboard should be prepared. Under G2G, all efforts should be made to carefully study and analyse the current working systems, unnecessary ones should be removed, and all systems should be simplified. To improve efficiency, the existing procedures should be re-examined, and even manpower requirements and logistics should be evaluated, said the order. As per the plan, 15 key result areas will be enforced across govt offices at divisional, district and tehsil levels.
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Curriculum in school to include right to services
Mumbai: The school curriculum in the state will soon include chapters based on Maharashtra Right to Public Services (MRTPS) Act, aiming to increase awareness and enhance accessibility to the online services offered to the public by the state govt through its 'Aaple Sarkar' portal. Similarly, the state plans to offer some govt services with home delivery. The state will not only upgrade its portal to an advanced version soon, but will also launch a mobile app to make it convenient for the larger populace to access the services. State Chief Commissioner for RTS, Manu Kumar Srivastava, while interacting with citizens on Wednesday, said the govt was planning to introduce a chapter on the RTS Act in class 9 and 10 school textbooks, fostering civic awareness from a young age. Moreover, the 'Sevadoot' model of home delivery of services, experimented with in Wardha, would be implemented for the larger populace of the state soon, he added. Srivastava said the RTS platform was being made more accessible, with a mobile-friendly version and a dedicated app currently under development. He was replying to queries from citizens during an awareness programme held recently. Citizens complained that the portal did not accept their documents while uploading them, eventually making services inaccessible for a larger number of applicants. So far, the state has made available 1,027 services through the portal. In the last 10 years of its existence, the platform Aaple Sarkar, which promotes the mandates under MRTPS Act, received over 18.89 crore applications, with 17.79 crore successfully disposed of .
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
10 years after RTS Act, 43% of Maha govt services missing from digital portal
1 2 3 10x3 graphic ready by Shreyas: K:\Unused-Graphics - RTS Info 22 Apr Pune: Nearly 43% of notified services have remained offline or not been integrated with the state's digital platform, a decade after the Maharashtra Right to Public Services Act promised transparent and timely delivery of govt services. You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune Officials revealed that of the 1,027 notified services, only 583 are currently available on the Aaple Sarkar portal — the state's integrated digital service platform. Taking its note, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has directed officials to ensure that 138 non-integrated services from various departments are available on the Aaple Sarkar portal by May 31. The deadline to bring the remaining 306 notified services online is August 15. Administrative heads could face a penalty of Rs1,000 per day for delay in implementation of the directive. The landmark legislation will complete 10 years on April 28. Dilip Shinde, the Pune RTS commissioner, told TOI, "The effectiveness of the RTS (Right to Services) Act is directly tied to accessibility. When citizens have to navigate multiple platforms or physically visit offices for different services, we're not fulfilling the core promise of convenience, ease, timeliness and transparency." He said, "The vision was always to have a single-window system, where citizens could access any govt service without running from pillar to post, in a transparent and timely manner. Having nearly half of our services outside the integrated platform creates unnecessary complexity for citizens, already dealing with bureaucratic processes," Shinde said. Shinde emphasised that the fragmented nature of service delivery was contrary to the act's purpose: "When services are scattered across different departmental portals or remain offline, monitoring timelines of service delivery becomes difficult. The act empowers citizens to hold govt departments accountable, but this requires standardised and trackable processes." The Maharashtra Right to Public Service Act came into effect on April 28, 2015. It was designed to make administration more accountable, while empowering citizens. The act established a commission with powers to inspect public offices, recommend departmental inquiries against defaulting authorities and impose fines ranging from Rs500 to Rs5,000. "As we mark this decade milestone, we need to acknowledge both our achievements and shortcomings. Our digital infrastructure has grown tremendously, but the real measure of success is whether a farmer in remote Maharashtra can access and receive services as easily as someone in urban areas or not," Shinde said. "The next phase of RTS implementation must focus on complete digital integration. Citizens' expectations are evolving rapidly in the digital age. Multiple service portals or offline processes will be increasingly untenable. A truly effective RTS ecosystem requires a unified and seamless platform that citizens can navigate with ease," he said.
