Source: Indian Express
Context: The Union Government plans to launch a three-month “Reform Utsav” campaign, likely from 2 October 2026, to systematically capture citizens’ suggestions and turn them into actionable governance reforms.
What is Reform Utsav?
- A citizen-driven governance reform campaign that aims to create an institutional mechanism through which citizen feedback is identified, deliberated upon and converted into implementable reforms.
- The core idea: establish a continuous pipeline connecting
- Citizen voice → actionable reform → implementation or committed roadmap
- Aim: to institutionalise citizen participation in governance and create a responsive mechanism for identifying, prioritising and implementing administrative and structural reforms.
The Three Stages
- Jan Manthan – Discover
- Citizens submit reform suggestions through a portal, meetings, webinars and outreach.
- AI will classify and organise suggestions.
- A multilingual call centre may improve accessibility.
- Vimarsh – Deliberate
- Evaluate suggestions to identify quick-win reforms.
- Prepare roadmaps for structural reforms.
- Samadhan & Sankalp Siddhi – Resolution
- A coordination committee will conduct bi-weekly reviews.
- Track implementation and progress of reforms.
