May 07, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
On PM Modi’s Orders, Centre Says Bye to 33 Non Performing Officials
Over the last two years, 72 officials have also been dismissed.
Non-performance will no longer be tolerated: To drive home this Good
Governance message of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre has
ordered 33 senior officials of the revenue department to take premature
retirement.
Over the last two years, 72 officials have also been dismissed following
departmental and disciplinary action. But this was the first time that
action was taken against such a large group. All 105 officers were Class
1 officers and are above 50 years in age.
Action against the revenue officials was part of several measures to
change the officials’ perception that poor performance or harassing the
public would not impact their job, said a senior personnel ministry
official.
PM Modi had been regularly receiving complaints from various departments
about officials who were either indifferent or harassed the public.
In January, PM Modi had asked all departmental secretaries to take stern
action against non-performing officials during a meeting called
“pragati interaction”. Secretaries were asked to draw up a list of
officials who were non-performing as a rule.
Later that month, the Centre had shortlisted 122 deputy secretary level
officials in various ministries and departments. Of them, 17 were from
the Defence ministry, 13 from higher education, 7 from the health
ministry and 6 from commerce ministry. Even officials from critical
units, like National Intelligence Grid and the National Scrutiny Council
were on the list.
To scrutinise their records, the Department of Personnel and Training
had written to the administrative officials of 34 departments seeking
inputs.
The government said they are working on an exercise to rotate officers working in sensitive posts to improve efficiency.
Source: NDTV
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