@opsinghips

IPS (1992-25) | The 41st Director General of Police, Haryana | Author | Columnist

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Sometime ago, the centre urged the states to adopt PRAGATI dashboard model for social sector. Haryana has taken the lead by setting up SANKALP mechanism to put all twelve departments - their secretaries and directors- on one table and nudge them to act in a coordinated way towards the shared outcome of prevention, enforcement and treatment of drugs. The initiative aims to align a vertical government (department-limited) to a horizontal (inter-departmental) problem. May like to read my article on the subject below: #WarAgainstDrugs #DrugFreeIndia
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Going, going, gone!
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Governance must be territorial and the one incharge of it must be enabled and held accountable for good ‘user experience’ in regulation and delivery. Read my thoughts on the subject in the article published in the magazine @Outlookindia outlookindia.com/announcemen…

The Ground Still Exists - O. P. Singh | Outlook India

O. P. Singh argues that effective governance requires local accountability for borderless problems: named officers, stable tenures, measurable outcomes and transparent communication that put citizens...

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Joined Govt of Haryana as CEO of its state anti-drugs body headed by CM, Haryana. Read my letter to the people of Haryana: osingh.substack.com/p/f37?r=…
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How would I do what you want me to do. Read on …
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Haryana plans school audits to keep drugs away from students timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Haryana plans school audits to keep drugs away from students

Days after Substance Abuse and Narcotics Knowledge, Awareness and Liberation Programme (Sankalp) society was set up as the state nodal body for de-addiction and rehabilitation, it has now been...

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Britain built India's administration with young recruits to rule it, and never tried it at home. Western democracies front-load their public services with the experienced. India's accident is a resource. It has never been used on purpose. Read my article 👇
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Two best moments of the day!
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Front loading Gen Z officials in the government: Reverse mentoring is a practice business borrowed from General Electric in the late 1990s, when Jack Welch had several hundred of his senior managers tutored by juniors in an internet they had not grown up with. The state needs the same exchange… Read my essay ‘Young Are Already Inside’ 🔗 in the first comment below 👇
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Young Are Already Inside 🔗 osingh.substack.com/p/the-yo…
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Don’t only warn the vulnerable teens. Outbid the drug dealers. Read my thoughts in @Outlookindia - outlookindia.com/announcemen…

Don’t Warn Them, Outbid The Dealer - O. P. Singh | Outlook India

O. P. Singh argues that warnings alone cannot deter youth from drugs and advocates sports, recreation and career opportunities to provide meaningful alternatives and reduce demand.

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The artist on stage is an MP cadre IAS officer Ms Kalpana Srivastava, my batchmate. First time I saw her performing was at the Mussoorie training academy in 1992. She has grown better and better over the decade. Proud of her commitment to music and accomplishment as an artist!
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Iceland successfully brought down level of drug consumption among its #youth through Planet Youth Program. It was about getting for teens recreational activities to quench their natural thrill-seeking instincts. Pl read my article on the subject below 👇
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Governments keep warning young people about drugs, and the evidence says it barely works. What does work is giving them something better to do with their evenings: a playground, a stage, a skill. That is the case for #VikalpKaSankalp. Read my Substack ‘Empty Hours’ in my first comment 👇
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Empty Hours osingh.substack.com/p/the-em…
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Read my interview to @IndianExpress on how anti-drug action needs to be coordinated and focused. Link 🔗 ‘Lasting victory is when youngsters never start drugs’: Haryana anti-drug body CEO indianexpress.com/article/ci…

‘Lasting victory is when youngsters never start drugs’: Haryana anti-drug body CEO

Former DGP O P Singh, CEO of the newly created SANKALP, explains why Haryana’s fight against drugs cannot be measured by arrests and seizures alone.

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Thanks @SiwachSukhbir for the tough questions. Keep up the spirit.
Sukhbir Siwach
@SiwachSukhbirSep 30
‘Lasting victory is when youngsters never start drugs’: Haryana anti-drug body CEO @IndianExpress @iepunjab indianexpress.com/article/ci…

‘Lasting victory is when youngsters never start drugs’: Haryana anti-drug body CEO

Former DGP O P Singh, CEO of the newly created SANKALP, explains why Haryana’s fight against drugs cannot be measured by arrests and seizures alone.

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‘Lasting victory is when youngsters never start drugs’: Haryana anti-drug body CEO @IndianExpress @iepunjab indianexpress.com/article/ci…

‘Lasting victory is when youngsters never start drugs’: Haryana anti-drug body CEO

Former DGP O P Singh, CEO of the newly created SANKALP, explains why Haryana’s fight against drugs cannot be measured by arrests and seizures alone.

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