Applications seeking govt service fall by 50%

Mysuru: The data compiled by the Sakala Mission have revealed that due to Covid-19 restrictions, the number of applications by the general public in all the 30 districts seeking various government services have come down by 50% since April. The number of disposals by various government departments also recorded a similar trend.
Meanwhile in June, Chikkamagalur secured first place in the Sakala implementation.
According to the data, in February, as many as 25,23,710 applications were submitted by the public seeking various services under Sakala, which guarantees service delivery in a stipulated period. It came down to 20,64,284 applications in March as Covid-19 fear hit people. In April it came down to just 2,68.441 applications. However, it jumped to 8,38,524 in the month of May and 8,14,068 in June. Government offices functioned with skeleton staff for most part of April.
According to the data, in February, a total of 24,85,433 applications were disposed of by the various government departments. It was 22,48,132 applications in March, 4,49,351 in April, 7,87,591 in May and in June a total of 7,14,267 applications were disposed of.
Meanwhile, in the latest district-wise ranking in delivery of government services to the applicants on time, Chikkamagalur district secured first rank. In June, the district secured first rank in Sakala performance. Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts secured second and third ranks respectively while Chamarajanagar district secured fourth rank. Mysuru is in 18th place. Bengaluru Urban district secured 22nd rank while Raichur district is in the bottom of the list. This ranking is decided based on the time disposal of the applications and receipts per one lakh population. Among the taluks, Honnavar taluk in Uttara Kannada district secured first rank in the performance.
Additional mission director, Sakala, Varaprasad Reddy BN informed that the number of applications and disposals have picked up compared to initial days of lockdown. “We are bouncing back to normalcy. We are trying to bring more reforms and streamline the application disposal system,” he said.
“Soon, a state level review meeting through a video conference will be carried out in this regard,” he said.