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Grievance Redressal Mechanism overview | |
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Headquarters | New Delhi |
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Grievance Redressal Mechanism executive |
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Parent department | Department of Administrative Reforms and Public grievances |
Website | pgportal |
Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is a centralised system that allows anyone to file complaints against any department of the Central or State Government of India. it is one of the flagship initiatives for the reformation in governance started by the Indian central government through addressing the grievances of general public. [1]
It was created in June-2007 by the Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances. [2] Under the public grievance mechanism any citizen of India can raise their problems, grievance or pleas to the central govt and state government Ministries and Departments. Grievances can be submitted to all important portfolio ministers and departments. The system has been designed in-house by the National Informatics Centre team. It has a telephonic feedback feature also. [3] [4] [5]
Prime Minister is the supreme head of the public grievances. Jitendra Singh is currently the Minister for Independent Charge for grievances public personnel and pension Department and Sumita Dasgupta is its deputy secretary. [6] [7]
01. President's Secretariat Helpline Portal for Lodging Public Grievances through President's Secretariat, Government of India. [8]
02. CPGRAMS-PMO Portal for Lodging Public Grievances through Prime Minister's Office, Government of India. [9]
03. Directorate of Public Grievances (DPG) Portal for Lodging Public Grievances through Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India. [10]
All the Public Grievances lodged through the President's Secretariat Helpline Portal and the Prime Minister's Office (CPGRAMS-PMO Portal) can be tracked with their Grievance Registration Number and Registered Mobile Number / Registered Email ID (submitted at the time of lodging the grievance) on the CPGRAMS Portal [11] under the View Status Option. And for the Public Grievances lodged on the DPG Portal, they can only be tracked from the DPG Portal itself.