"As part of simplification of procedures, the central government had issued advisories to all states and union territories to do away with the requirement of taking affidavits for executive-level jobs and for allowing self- certification in a phased manner," Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
The government is trying to promote self-attestation of documents for the majority of governmental work instead of notarised or gazetted affidavits.