Reform Utsav:
The Union Government plans to launch a three-month “Reform Utsav” campaign, likely from October 2, 2026, to systematically capture citizens’ suggestions and translate them into actionable governance reforms.
- Reform Utsav is a proposed citizen-driven governance reform campaign aimed at creating an institutional mechanism through which citizen feedback is identified, deliberated upon and converted into implementable reforms.
- It seeks to establish a continuous pipeline connecting citizen voice → actionable reform → implementation or committed roadmap.
- Organisation:
- Coordination Committee: To be headed by Cabinet Secretary T. V. Somanathan.
- State Participation: Chief Secretaries are being consulted to establish State-level bodies and designate nodal officers.
- The campaign is expected to run for three months, beginning on October 2, 2026, coinciding with Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
- Aim is to institutionalise citizen participation in governance and create a responsive mechanism for identifying, prioritising and implementing administrative and structural reforms.
Key Features:
- Jan Manthan – Discover: Citizens will submit reform suggestions through a dedicated portal, supplemented by public meetings, webinars and outreach programmes.
- AI-Assisted Feedback Processing: Artificial Intelligence will help classify and organise citizen suggestions, while a multilingual call centre may improve accessibility.
- Vimarsh – Deliberate: Suggestions will be evaluated to identify “quick-win” reforms and develop roadmaps for more complex structural reforms.
- Samadhan & Sankalp Siddhi – Resolution: A coordination committee will undertake bi-weekly reviews to track implementation and progress on identified reforms.
