Deputy CM Manish Sisodia inaugurates symposium on ‘Making Delhi an inclusive city’ by the Institute for Human Development.
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New Delhi, Thursday, April 28, 2016: As a finale activity of the Delhi Chair on Human development issues, Institute for Human Development (IHD) and Department of Planning, Government of NCT of Delhi organized a symposium on ‘Making Delhi an inclusive city’. The event was inaugurated by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia at the lecture hall II of the India International Centre today. The symposium was graced by numerous experts and scholars and it deliberated the challenges and opportunities towards realizing the goal of achieving inclusive development in Capital. The Government of NCT had supported the Chair on Human development Issues, instituted at IHD. The Chair has worked extensively on several issues of Delhi and has brought out a number of publications. Among others, Delhi Human Development Report 2013 and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Delhi State Report 2014 were brought under the Chair.The work of the Chair is in the concluding phase, and key findings of some of the important research works were presented at the symposium today. The issues discussed included education, skills, employment, basic amenities, and safety and security.
Two sessions namely ‘Providing education and skills and enhancing employment’ and ‘Promoting social inclusion and enhancing safety and security’ were held in the symposium. Professor S.K. Thorat, Chairman, ICSSR; Dr. Gerry Rodgers, Former Director General, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva and Visiting Professor, IHD chaired the two sessions respectively.
The discussions by scholars revolved around human development issues such as education, employment and skills and safety and security in Delhi. Governance challenges faced by the city, new initiatives were taken up by the government in the domain of lowering tariffs charged per water and electricity bills for the common people who are efficient users were also discussed at the Symposium. The experts also made policy recommendations like strong partnerships and close cooperation between citizens, civil society and the Government of Delhi in the Symposium. Some initiatives are already being taken in this direction by the Delhi government.
Professor Alakh N. Sharma, Director IHD delivered the welcome note to the participants and enumerated the work by the Institute and the number of activities undertaken by the Chair – largely academic, statistical and monitoring and evaluation related over the three years period. This was followed by the address of Shri S.N. Sahay, Principal Secretary, Finance and Planning, Govt. of NCT of Delhi who further elaborated upon the activities of the Chair Institute by the Department of Planning, Government of NCT of Delhi at IHD.
While addressing the audience, Shri Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister spoke about the new initiatives taken up by the government and the importance of education, especially the quality of education to enhance capabilities and move towards skilling.
