Haryana government has launched Parivartan Scheme to address 10 major issues which includes cleanliness and pollution in 46 developmental blocks of the state.

Scheme :

• Haryana CM Manohar lal Khattar has launched this scheme along with 46 other IAS, IPS and IFS Cadre officials. The state govt. has allotted one block to each of these officers.
• Under this scheme, govt. will provide training (practical) to the employees and thus will create strong training workforce in the state.
• This is a unique scheme in order to ensure that the benefit of all government scheme must reach the people.
• The 10 issues include facilitation of financing, making agriculture profitable and sustainable, improving health services, implementing Swachh Bharat, decongesting market areas, engaging the youth, checking air pollution, ensuring availability of identity-related services, effective policing, and ensuring road order and conduct.
• The 46 officers will undertake works in the 10 selected common fields and one field of their choice.

Parivartan Scheme – Parameters :

Under this scheme, the state govt. has specified various parameters which will serve as the basis of their performance assessment of which some are as follows:-

• Making of 10 km long stretches absolutely accident free.
• One Town / Block / Mahagram Stray Cattle Free.
• Proper Delivery of Caste Certificates to Students.
• Filing of Charge Sheets of all FIR’s in case of crime.

Under this scheme, around 3 lakh govt. employees and directed administrative secretaries will utilize their services. The primary objective is to make sure that the benefits of several welfare schemes and programmes reach the common people belonging to these 46 blocks (more than 1/3 rd of total area of Haryana).

Parivartan Scheme - Marks Distribution :

Haryana Govt. will provide score (out of 50) to each of these officers as per their developmental work in their blocks. Accordingly, the marks distribution is as follows:-

• Performance on specified 38 parameters covering the above 10 fields - 39 Marks
• Any field of Officer’s Choice - 4 Marks
• Social Audit by Haryana Governance Reforms Authority (HGRA) - 7 Marks

Analysis :

• This would not only help in achieving the objective of the government but also provide practical training to employees, and lead to raising of a strong trained workforce in the state.
• The secretaries will personally visit the blocks allocated to them at least once and apprise the block and district officers about the scheme.
• The state govt. will conduct review process of officer’s experience on Civil Service Day – 21 April 2018.
• The scheme is a unique experiment aimed at the welfare of people of the state.
• In the last 3 years, the state government had taken various steps for providing good governance in the state under the “Ek Aur Sudhar Programme” and this scheme is launched as a part of this programme.