Jitendra Singh releases National Corona Survey conducted in 410 Districts of Country

Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Dr Jitendra Singh yesterday released the National Preparedness Survey on COVID 19 – Responses of District Collectors and IAS Officers. The COVID 19 National Preparedness Survey 2020 was conducted in 410 Districts in the Country within 3 working days beginning 25th of March to attain a bird’s eye view of the governance challenges of the Nation while coping with the greatest health crisis India faced since Independence.

The objectives of this preparedness survey is to develop a comparative analysis of COVID 19 preparedness across States.

The survey will also highlight the main priorities and constraints of COVID 19 preparedness, as they are perceived by the civil servants working in the field; to access enabling factors in making institutional/ logistics/ hospital preparedness.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr.Jitendra Singh said that the Prime Minister in his address to the Nation last month had urged people to combat the virus with every resource at their disposal.

Dr Singh recognized the immense efforts of Civil Servants, Doctors, Nurses, Health Sector Specialists, Police Officials in implementing the National Lockdown. He highlighted that people of the country are responsible and cohesive and they have adopted the guidelines of COVID 19 in a systematic manner. He felt that the survey will serve as a benchmark for policy makers at National and State levels.