Introduction of Krishi Kalyan Cess of 0.5 percent from 1st June, 2016 on services coming within the purview of Service Tax
Tuesday, 17 May 2016
Government assures modernisation of postal services
May 17, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
New
Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The faceless postman -- once portrayed poetically
by Rabindranath Tagore -- and the need to revamp the postal services in
the country figured prominently during question hour in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Answering supplementary questions from members, Telecom Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad, who holds charge of the department of posts, said efforts are on "to make use of the vast network of postal platform all over the country for better growth and financial inclusion".
He said at the directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , the government is working hard to reinforce the infrastructure, connectivity and modernisation programme of the postal services and substantial progress has been made since 2014.
"Nearly 21,000-plus branches (of post offices) have been given core banking solution in only two years. It was only 230 in 2014. I am not saying that everything has been done," he said, adding that his ministry will also give "hand-held device to all postmen across India by March 2017".
Raising supplementaries, Trinamool Congress member Pratima Mondal recalled Nobel laureate Tagore's famous short story where the chief protagonist is a postman and also the film of maestro Satyajit Ray.
Answering supplementary questions from members, Telecom Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad, who holds charge of the department of posts, said efforts are on "to make use of the vast network of postal platform all over the country for better growth and financial inclusion".
He said at the directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , the government is working hard to reinforce the infrastructure, connectivity and modernisation programme of the postal services and substantial progress has been made since 2014.
"Nearly 21,000-plus branches (of post offices) have been given core banking solution in only two years. It was only 230 in 2014. I am not saying that everything has been done," he said, adding that his ministry will also give "hand-held device to all postmen across India by March 2017".
Raising supplementaries, Trinamool Congress member Pratima Mondal recalled Nobel laureate Tagore's famous short story where the chief protagonist is a postman and also the film of maestro Satyajit Ray.
"We
have noticed the importance of post office in village life. At the same
time we have noticed the indescribable condition of rural post offices.
We are in 2016, but no remarkable development has taken place in the
infrastructure of post offices," she said.
Congress
member Jyotiraditya Scindia recalled how during the previous UPA regime
steps were taken to provide allowances to postmen for maintaining their
shoes, dress, etc.
Prasad
said during his visits to the rural areas, he discovered that even
though writing of letters has decreased due to advancement of
technology, the growth of e-commerce has again reinforced the importance
of delivery men employed by the private companies.
Prasad said computerisation of post office branches in villages and small towns has enhanced the prestige of postal staff.
Bharatiya
Janata Party member S.S. Ahluwalia asked the telecom minister to
initiate action against a television commercial that shows postmen
showing respect to the rich and hurling insults at the poor.
Prasad said he has seen the advertisement and would bring it to the notice of Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley as television advertisements come under the domain of the I&B ministry.
Source : TOI
Friday, 13 May 2016
CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988-Admissibility of catering charges in respect of rail journey performed on LTC.- Clarification reg.
May 13, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
CCS (LTC) Rules, 1988-Admissibility of catering charges in respect of rail journey performed on LTC.- Clarification reg.
No. 31011/11/2015-Estt (A.IV)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Establishment A-IV Desk
North Block, New Delhi-110 001
Dated: May 12, 2016
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:-
Central Civil Services (Leave Travel concession) Rules,
1988-Admissibility of catering charges in respect of rail journey
performed on LTC.- Clarification reg.
The
undersigned is directed to say that several references are received in
this Department from various Ministries/Departments seeking
clarification regarding the admissibility of catering charges charged by
the Indian Railways in respect of the rail journey(s) performed by
Rajdhani/Shatabdi on LTC.
2.
The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of
Expenditure, Ministry of Finance and it is clarified that if the
Government servant has to compulsorily avail the catering facility and
the cost is included in the rail fare for Rajdhani/Shatabdi/Duronto
trains, the fare charged shall be reimbursable in full as per the
entitlement/eligibility of the Government servant.
(Surya Narayan Jha)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Review of performance of public servants
May 13, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions issued press release on review of performance of public servants.
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
28-April-2016 15:09 IST
Review of performance of public servants
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions is aware that
review of performance of public servants occurs only after attaining age
of 50 years or completion of 30 years of service. As per Fundamental
Rule (FR) 56 (j):
“The Appropriate Authority shall, if it is in the opinion that it is in
the public interest so to do, have the absolute right to retire any
Government servant by giving him notice of not less than three months in
writing or three months’ pay and allowances in lieu of such notice:
If he is in Group ‘A’ or Group ‘B’ service or post in a substantive,
quasi-permanent or temporary capacity and had entered Government service
before attaining the age of 35 years, after he has attained the age of
50 years.
(i) in any other case after he has attained the age of fifty-five years”.
(ii) In addition, as per Rule 48 of CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972, at any
time after a Government servant has completed thirty years’ qualifying
service, he may be required by the appointing authority to retire in the
public interest, and in the case of such retirement the Government
servant shall be entitled to a retiring pension provided that the
appointing authority may also give a notice in writing to a Government
servant at least three months before the date on which he is required to
retire in the public interest or three months’ pay and allowances in
lieu of such notice.
Further, as per Rule 16(3) (amended) of the All India Services
(Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958, the Central Government may,
in consultation with the State Government concerned, require a Member
of the Service to retire from Service in public interest, after giving
such Member at least three month’s previous notice in writing or three
month’s pay and allowances in lieu of such notice, –
after the review when such Member completes 15 years of qualifying Service; or
(i) after the review when such Member completes 25 years of qualifying
Service or attains the age of 50 years, as the case may be; or
(ii) if the review referred to in (i) or (ii) above has not been
conducted, after the review at any other time as the Central Government
deems fit in respect of such Member.
(iii) The above provisions have been reiterated from time to time and
recently vide DoPT’s O.M. No. 25013/02/2005-AIS-II dated 28.06.2012 and
03.08.2015, and O.M. No. 25013/1/2013-Estt.A-IV dated 11.09.2015.
Disciplinary
cases are conducted as per prescribed procedures. Normally, the details
and monitoring of disciplinary cases is to be done by the respective
cadre authorities. The Central Government has also from time to time
been stressing on the need to complete disciplinary cases expeditiously
and monitoring the same.This
was stated by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a
written reply to a question by Shri Vivek Gupta in the Rajya Sabha
today.
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Cash-on-delivery: Postal department sees Rs 1,300 cr in FY16
May 13, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
The postal department’s revenues by ways of COD consignments from e-commerce majors have surged to Rs 1,300 crore during the year ending March 2016.
India Post is cashing in on the boom in e-commerce deliveries,
especially the surging cash-on-delivery consignments of the country’s
top online sellers — Amazon, Snapdeal and Flipkart-Myntra.
The postal department’s revenues by ways of COD consignments from
e-commerce majors have surged to Rs 1,300 crore during the year ending
March 2016, up from Rs 500 crore during the whole of 2014-15, and just
Rs 100 crore in 2013-14. The deliveries are primarily directed at
tier-II towns, and parts of the rural heartland, where India Post has
unparalleled reach.
The incremental e-commerce revenue boost, said Minister for
Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, are
proving to be a big boost for the postal department. “The postal
department collected Rs 1,300 crore in COD collections during 2015-16,
compared with Rs 100 crore in 2013-14,” Prasad told The Indian Express.
India Post’s payment bank is slated for a March 2017 launch.
May 13, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
To seek Cabinet nod for India Post payment bank this month: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has moved a
Cabinet note on India Post’s payment bank proposal and is likely to seek
the approval of the Union Cabinet this month. India Post’s payment bank
is slated for a March 2017 launch.
“The postal department’s payment bank will be a game changer for
financial inclusion. Several international and national consortiums for
third party services are keen to partner with us. Deutsche Bank, Citi
Bank, Barclays, Templeton and all the banks of India and all mutual
funds and insurance companies, except LIC, for third party delivery, are
willing to partner,” Minister of Communications and Information
Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad told The Indian Express.
The domestic players in the fray for partnering India Post include
NABARD, HSBC, Allahabad Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Kotak Life
Insurance, HDFC, PNB Metlife, ICICI Lombard, ICICI Prudential, and Bajaj
Allianz, while the international ones, apart from Deutsche Bank,
Barclays, Citi and Templeton, include Transport USA for renting
solutions, Western Union, ClearSecurity and Japan’s Hitachi.
Source: indianexpress.com
Thursday, 12 May 2016
7th Pay Commission – Cabinet Likely to Approve Salary Hike by June
May 12, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
7th Pay Commission – Cabinet Likely to Approve Salary Hike by June –
Come July and the central government employees might see a hefty rise in
their salary owing to implementation of the recommendations made by 7th
Pay Commission.
Come July and the central government employees might see a hefty rise in
their salary owing to implementation of the recommendations made by 7th
Pay Commission.
As per reliable sources Finance Ministry is all set to seek cabinet nod
for implementation of the 7th pay commission’s recommendation by
June-end.
Furthermore, the secretaries group is ready with its review on 7th Pay
Commission. But it will submit its report once the elections in various
states get over.
It may be recalled that the government had set up a high-powered panel
headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to process the recommendations of
the 7th Pay Commission which will have bearing on the remuneration of 47
lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.
Reports say that the secretaries group has recommended between Rs
2,70,000 and Rs 21,000 hike for the higher and the lower level. This is
twenty thousand more in the upper limit prescribed by the 7th CPC and
three thousand more in the lower level set by the commission.
Source: Zee News
Department ups vigil over suspicious mail
May 12, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
Pune:
The department of posts has asked its staff to remain vigilant about
suspicious letters after two educational institutes in the city received
threat letters accompanied by detonators over the last few days.
The
department of posts has told its staff to be more alert and remain
vigilant about suspicious mails after two back-to-back incidents wherein
the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and Pune university's
department of communication and journalism at Ranade Institute received
threat letters accompanied by a detonator in last few days.
The
letters, sent to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and
Savitribai Phule Pune University's department of communication and
journalism at Ranade Institute, warned both institutions not to invite
student leader Kanhaiya Kumar to their campus.
Staff members of the postal department are expected to alert higher authorities if they notice any mail that looks suspicious.
Senior
officials said that although the staff cannot open mails, there is a
general instruction to remain more alert while handling the post.
A
suspicious mail can be of any nature, such as a letter without a proper
address of the sender, without postal stamps, or mail packed in an
envelope in specific colour, among others. Senior officials will now pay
more attention to such letters.
Officials
in the department however said it is a difficult task to keep track of
every letter received and dispatched from post offices. At present, the
department asks for an identify proof of a sender in case of parcel
booking or registered post. However, there is no such provision for
ordinary mail. Anyone can drop a letter in a post-box. The letter is
collected from the box and sent ahead for dispatching. As of now, there
is no provision to scan the letters before dispatch.
"Over
a lakh letters are handled everyday across various post offices in Pune
alone. The department is expected to collect or dispatch a post at a
given address. The quantum is so huge that it is very tough to check
each letter. Even so, in case of a parcel, it is mandatory for a sender
to seal a post in the presence of the postal staff," an official said.
Meanwhile, postal officials said on Tuesday that they were cooperating with the police in the investigations in the letters and detonators sent to the two institutes. Preliminary observations by the police department has revealed that the letters were sent through ordinary post. The contents of the envelopes were similar a live detonator, some yellow powder and a letter.
Source: timesofindia
Holiday on May 16th.
May 12, 2016
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Closing of Central Govt. offices in connection with General Election to the State Assembly in Tamilnadu State - Click here to view
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
திரு.S.அம்பேத் இல்ல விழா சிறக்க வாழ்த்துகிறோம்
May 10, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
நமது தேசியசங்க துணை செயலர் பெருமாள்புரம் Postman
திரு S அம்பேத் அவர்களின் புதல்வி செல்வி.A.கார்த்திகா ஷ்ருதி பூப்புனித நன்னீராட்டு விழா சிறக்க வாழ்த்துகிறோம்
நாள் : 11.05.2016
இடம் : நாசரேத் டுவிங்கிள் மஹால்
நேரம்: காலை 0900 க்கு மேல் 1030 க்குள்
பாளையங்கோட்டை APM Accounts திரு.S.கோமதிநாயகம் அவர்களின் புதல்வன்
செல்வன்.G.அருண், B.Tech.,
(Technical Lead, CTS, Chennai)
செல்வி.G.சுபா லக்ஷ்மி, B.E., M.B.A.,
(Marketing Analyst, ZOHO Corporation, Chennai)
அவர்களின் திருமண விழா சிறக்க வாழ்த்துகிறோம்
இடம் மகராசி மஹால் KTC நகர்
நாள் : 11.05.2016
திரு S அம்பேத் அவர்களின் புதல்வி செல்வி.A.கார்த்திகா ஷ்ருதி பூப்புனித நன்னீராட்டு விழா சிறக்க வாழ்த்துகிறோம்
நாள் : 11.05.2016
இடம் : நாசரேத் டுவிங்கிள் மஹால்
நேரம்: காலை 0900 க்கு மேல் 1030 க்குள்
=========
செல்வன்.G.அருண், B.Tech.,
(Technical Lead, CTS, Chennai)
செல்வி.G.சுபா லக்ஷ்மி, B.E., M.B.A.,
(Marketing Analyst, ZOHO Corporation, Chennai)
அவர்களின் திருமண விழா சிறக்க வாழ்த்துகிறோம்
இடம் மகராசி மஹால் KTC நகர்
நாள் : 11.05.2016
Review of Service Rules as per recommendations of Pay Commission: DoPT’s Instructions
May 10, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
Review of Service Rules as per
recommendations of Pay Commission: DoPT’s Instructions
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DIRECTORATE OF INCOME TAX
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES
ICADR Building, Plot No. 6, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area Phase-ll,
New Delhi- 110070. Ph. 26139295, Fax 26130594.
DIRECTORATE OF INCOME TAX
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES
ICADR Building, Plot No. 6, Vasant Kunj Institutional Area Phase-ll,
New Delhi- 110070. Ph. 26139295, Fax 26130594.
F. No. HRD/AD/854/1/2015-16/760
Date: 06.05.2016
To,
All Pr. Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCA)/
Pr. Director General of Income Tax
Sub: Review of Service Rules reference received from DoPT-reg.
Ref: DoPT’s O.M. No. AB.14017/61l2008-Estt. (RR) dated 17.03.2016
Kindly refer to the above.
2. The administration of cadre(s) of the
Organized Services of the Union is done based upon the provisions as contained
in the Service Rules(s). The policy change(s) in terms of financial
up-gradation, grant of promotion, composition of various Committee(s) for
promotion, qualifying service in various grades, are brought for the benefit of
the members of the Service. It has been observed by DoPT that several
recommendations of Pay Commission have not been incorporated in the Service
Rules.(Copy of OM is enclosed).
3. In this regard, I am directed to request all
the Pr.CCITs(CCA)/Pr.DGITs to undertake revision of Service Rules of Organised
Services under their administrative control. I am further directed to request
all the Pr.CCITs(CCA)/Pr.DGITs to indicate the time frame by which they would
revise the Service Rules of organised Services under their administrative
control.
Encl: As above
Yours Faithfully,
(S.N. Meena)
DDIT(POL), HRD
DDIT(POL), HRD
Monday, 9 May 2016
16.05.2016 Decraled as Public Holiday
May 09, 2016
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General Elections to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2016 - Declaration of the poll day 16.05.2016 as Public Holiday - Read More
7th CPC will be implemented before June 30th - News in Hindi Daily
May 09, 2016
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7th Pay commission will be implemented before June 30th – Central Government - Read More
Government may not Scrap 145 year old Pension Act
May 09, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
Government may not Scrap 145 year old Pension Act - Read More
Government may not Scrap 145 year old Pension Act – The government had almost decided to axe the 145-year-old Pension Act in its zealousness to heed the Prime Minister’s call to scrap obsolete laws.
A
last-minute realisation may have saved the Central government from
blowing away the legal cover available to authorities right from the
President and Supreme Court judges to ministers and members of
Parliament against any orders of attachment of their pensions from the
courts.
The
government had almost decided to axe the 145-year-old Pension Act in
its zealousness to heed the Prime Minister’s call to scrap obsolete
laws. But at a meeting held on April 28, minutes of which have been
accessed by ET, several ministries pointed out that no other law
protects government authorities from seizure or attachment of pension by
process of any court at the instance of a creditor who raises a demand
against the pensioner.
This
led the government to consider doing away with some of the “irrelevant
or redundant” provisions of the Pensions Act, 1871 instead of repealing
it. The final decision will now be made by Prime Minister Modi, who
heads the pensions department of the personnel ministry. The government
has so far repealed 125 archaic laws.
It
has proposed to scrap over 1,000 more such laws. The representative of
the Department of Financial Services (DoFS) said at the meeting that the
Pensions Act is applicable to pensions under a large number of rules
and Acts of Parliament.
“He specifically mentioned that pensions of the President, vicepresident, ministers and MPs are regulated by Acts of Parliament.
Similarly,
pensions of Supreme Court/high court judges, central vigilance
commissioners, central information commissioners and members of UPSC are
also granted under Acts regulating their service conditions. These Acts
of Parliament do not contain provisions securing the pension against
attachment,” the minutes recorded.
Only
Section 11 of the Pensions Act provides this protection to the
constitutional authorities. When the pensions department proposed that
the rules regulating various types of pension be amended to secure the
pension and hence facilitate repealing of the Pensions Act, all
ministries raised objections.
The
home ministry “expressed apprehension” that the protection against
attachment by courts, if provided in rules, “may not be as effective” as
that provided in an Act of Parliament.
The
rural development department concurred, saying all social security
pensions administered by it are through executive orders and any
provisions for security against attachment by court “may not be
effective” as the provisions will not have any statutory backing.
The
ministries of environment, culture and external affairs, and the
departments of telecom, expenditure and posts said they do not even
administer any separate pension rules.
The
financial services department said the government will have to amend
all other Acts and rules regulating various kinds of pension to
incorporate the safety net, if the Pensions Act is to be repealed.
It
proposed that instead of amending a large number of Acts and rules, the
Pensions Act may be amended to repeal only those provisions which have
since become irrelevant or redundant.
“Ministries
of home, labour, rural development, defence, railways and DoPT endorsed
the views of the Department of Financial Services… the aforesaid views
of the ministries/departments will be placed before competent authority
for taking a decision in the matter,” the minutes noted.
Source: ET
7th Pay Commission’s Review Committee Aims To Clear Up Better Pay
May 09, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
7th Pay Commission’s Review Committee Aims To Clear Up Better Pay - Read More
New Delhi: The review committee of 7th pay commission launched in
January in the hope that it will give central government employees
better pay and more solid base for fighting inflation.
The review committee is likely to purpose the better pay package of
central government employees employees than 7th Pay Commission
recommendations, the employees can expect a higher package from July.
The review committee aims to sweep away complexities in the existing
sixth pay commission award and give central government employees a
clearer idea of how much salary income they are likely to get.
The current salary system is made up of two parts of basic pay: the pay
band as well as the additional pay i.e. grade pay which is extra money
on top.
But the new salary will be at a single-tier rate to get rid of the
employees from the complexities, Finance Ministry sources said.
It is part of efforts as central government employees are getting car
advance and computer advance etc on the basis of pay band only, so they
are not getting enough cash for purchase of the above items, the sources
added.
7th pay commission recommended that Central government employees should
not be allowed to earn annual increments if they fail to meet
performance criterion, Commission also recommended even as it sought
upgradation of performance benchmark to “very good” from “good” level.
The pay commission also proposed introduction of the Performance Related
Pay (PRP) for all categories of central government employees.
The review committee believes that increments as well as upward movement
in the hierarchy happen as a matter of course. The review committee is
therefore likely to propose not withholding of annual increments in the
case of those employees who are not able to meet the benchmark either
for MACP or a regular promotion, sources said.
The review committee is also considering doubling of existing rates of
allowances and advances including the those were recommended for
abolition by the Seventh Pay Commission, sources confirmed.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley received the 7th Pay Commission’s report
from its head Justice A K Mathur in November, who recommended 14.27 per
cent increase in basic pay, overall increase in salary, allowances and
pensions 23.55 per cent. They proposed to increase in allowances by 63
per cent while pensions will rise 24 percent.
A 13 member a secretary-level Empowered Committee or review committee
headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha was formed in January to review
Pay Commission’s report before cabinet nod.
TST
LTC Norms Eased – Employees to get Reimbursement of Rail Fare for Children
May 09, 2016
Kalaivaraikalai
LTC Norms Eased – Employees to get Reimbursement of Rail Fare for Children - Read More
As per norms, a government employee gets to and fro journey cost reimbursement when he avails LTC.
Relaxing
Leave Travel Concession (LTC) rules, the Centre will now reimburse full
train fare incurred by its employees on purchase of tickets for their
children aged between five and 12 years.
The move comes after Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
received several references from various ministries seeking
clarification as to whether the full fare charged by the railways for
reservation of berth for children between 5 years and 12 years shall be
reimbursable while availing LTC facility.
The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of
Expenditure, Finance Ministry and it has been decided that for the
family members of the government servant, aged between 5 years and under
12 years, the actual rail fare shall be reimbursed for LTC, as per the
choice of rail tickets purchased by the government servant, an order
issued by the DoPT said.
Ministry of Railways had earlier decided that in case of children above 5
years and under 12 years of age, for whom full berth or seat is sought
at the time of reservation, full fare shall be charged.
The order said if a berth or seat has not been sought for such children
at the time of reservation, then half of the adult fare shall continue
to be charged. This would be effective for travel with effect from April
10, this year.
As per norms, a government employee gets to and fro journey cost reimbursement when he avails LTC.
Source: ET
Saturday, 7 May 2016
Centre Says "Bye" to 33 Non Performing Officials
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
