The Department of Personnel and Training has written to to all chief secretaries of states and secretaries of central government ministries and departments informing them about the Prime Minister's directive.
As per the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Second Amendment Rules, 2014, a public servant shall file the returns of his assets and liabilities, including that of his spouse and dependent family members.
For the current year, the last date for filing these returns was September 15, which was later extended to December-end and now till April next year, for the current fiscal by April 30, 2015.
"The Prime Minister has further directed that all preparatory steps be put in place for this purpose by January 31, 2015," reads the DoPT letter sent to the state governments yesterday.
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