SKOCH State of Governance is the annual flagship Governance Summit in India, which takes stock of governance, development and citizen service delivery initiatives across the nation. It salutes and celebrates outstanding and exemplary initiatives with a proven transformative impact on the citizens and society. The Summit features thought leadership dialogues and panel discussions on the State of Governance, State of Public Finance and State of Social Sector from the brightest minds in the nation.
Inaugural Session Improving Efficiencies, Optimising Resources: Plenary Panel 2 Improving Efficiencies, Optimising Resources: Plenary Panel 1 Power Panel: State of Public Finance SKOCH Order-of-Merit Investiture Ceremony 2019 Valedictory Session & SKOCH Governance Award 2019 Investiture CeremonyInaugural Session (0900-1030 hrs)
| 0900-0905 | Assembly and National Anthem |
| 0905-0910 | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 0910-0920 | Introduction: Mr Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group |
Improving Efficiencies, Optimising Resources: Plenary Panel I (1030-1145 hrs)
Governance and Economics coming together to deliver is the core tenet of ModiNomics. There is no disagreement on the fact that economy needs to get into a much higher gear to achieve the goal of $5 trillion economy by 2024, target set forth by the Prime Minister. Our last conference discussed and recommended what needs to be done on the economic front.
While a lot of action is fiscal headroom and monetary policy-related, one key recommendation is that Incremental Capital to Output Ratio (ICOR) needs to improve drastically. This is squarely the role of the Government. Most discussions tend to veer around reforms that are either hobby horses or too prickly to be delivered.
Given this, our two panels on State of Governance examine a set of issues that may yield more implementable solutions resulting in more efficient use of capital.
The Panel will discuss:1. What structural changes and reforms government needs to bring about to improve efficiency of expenditure and capital deployed?
2. Governance in most areas is a big challenge resulting in huge inefficiencies. How can technology be deployed in a way to disrupt status quo, e.g., digital payments, digital health and digital agriculture?
3. To what extent principles of federalism be applied to data ownership, e.g., the recent demands by some states to have data localization at state level? Possible role of local bodies in data governance?
| Moderator: Dr Gursharan Dhanjal, Managing Director & Editor, SKOCH Group |
| Mr Dharam Pal, Additional Secretary, Department of Fertilizers, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers |
| Ms Gita Chengappa, Chairperson, Cheshire Homes India Coorg |
| Mr G B Panda, Former Senior Advisor, Planning Commission |
| Dr N C Saxena, Distinguished Fellow, SKOCH Development Foundation and Former Secretary, Government of India |
| Dr Ranjna Nagpal, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre |
| Mr Vivek Aggarwal, Joint Secretary (Crops & IT) & CEO-PM KISAN, Dept of Agriculture, Co-Operation & Farmers Welfare |
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[smartslider3 slider=12]Improving Efficiencies, Optimising Resources: Plenary Panel II (1420-1550 hrs)
Governance and Economics coming together to deliver is the core tenet of ModiNomics. There is no disagreement on the fact that economy needs to get into a much higher gear to achieve the goal of $5 trillion economy by 2024, target set forth by the Prime Minister. Our last conference discussed and recommended what needs to be done on the economic front.
While a lot of action is fiscal headroom and monetary policy-related, one key recommendation is that Incremental Capital to Output Ratio (ICOR) needs to improve drastically. This is squarely the role of the Government. Most discussions tend to veer around reforms that are either hobby horses or too prickly to be delivered.
Given this, our two panels on State of Governance examine a set of issues that may yield more implementable solutions resulting in more efficient use of capital.
The Panel will discuss:1. What structural changes and reforms government needs to bring about to improve efficiency of expenditure and capital deployed?
2. Health services delivery seems to be showing improvements across the country due to better structured state schemes or central scheme like Ayushman Bharat. How can this be replicated in other sectors?
3. How to improve velocity of money for MSMEs? Can all GST accepted MSME invoices be automatically credited by the government and the onus of payment recovery from the principal shift to the government?
| Moderator: Ms Kaveree Bamzai, Former Editor, India Today |
| Dr M Ramachandran, Distinguished Fellow, SKOCH Development Foundation and Former Secretary, Government of India |
| Dr Rajendra Kumar, Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Ms Vini Mahajan, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries, Government of Punjab |
| Dr Yerram Raju, Distinguished Banker and Economist, Advisor, Government of Telangana |
| Ms Zohra Chatterji, Former Secretary – Textiles, Government of India and Distinguished Fellow, SKOCH Development Foundation |
| Mr Prakash Vaghela, Additional Director, Department of Health and Family Welfare. Government of Gujarat |
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[smartslider3 slider=13]Power Panel: State of Public Finance (1420-1550 hrs)
Gross tax collections grew at just 8.4 per cent in 2018-19, when nominal GDP growth was 11.2 per cent. In 2019-20, after adjusting for the tax rate changes, gross tax collections growth has been budgeted at 15 per cent. This when the April-June quarter nominal GDP growth has slowed to a 15-year low of just under 8 per cent. Rathin Roy, Member, NIPFP, has cautioned of a “silent fiscal crisis”. A weak fiscal position has in the recent past constrained India’s sovereign ratings. In this regard, the medium-term fiscal policy will attract sharper scrutiny from a rating perspective. Even if the transfer of Rs. 1.7 lakh crore from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) can help avoid any fiscal slippage relative to the central government’s own targets this year, can it reverse meaningfully the stalling of fiscal consolidation in recent years? The government has increasingly been relying on off-budget financing.1. What is the state of India’s public finances? How realistic are the budget’s estimates for tax collections?
2. How much does the transfer of Rs. 1.7 lakh crore from the RBI help the centre’s fiscal position and is this sustainable source of non-tax revenue?
3. Does the economy need a fiscal stimulus? If yes, what options are available to the government for financing it?
| Moderator: Ms Puja Mehra, Economist |
| Mr Gopal Krishna Agarwal, National Spokesperson – Economic Affairs, Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Dr Rathin Roy, Part-time Member, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India & Director, NIPFP |
| Ms Renu Kohli, Independent Economist |
| Mr T K Arun, Editor, Opinion, The Economic Times |
| Mr Tehseen Poonawalla, Political Trendwatcher |
| Ms Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research |
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[smartslider3 slider=14]SKOCH Order-of-Merit Investiture Ceremony 2019
Mavalankar Hall Speaker Hall Deputy Speaker HallValedictory Session & SKOCH Governance Award 2019 Investiture Ceremony
Jai Hind Keynote: मानव संसाधन एवं नया भारत-Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India
