Ministry Of Personnel

Govt earns Rs 279 cr from scrap disposal during ongoing cleanliness drive

The Centre has earned Rs 279 crore revenue from disposal of scrap by its various departments and organisations during the ongoing month-long cleanliness campaign, officials said on Monday. The special campaign 4.0 launched by the government, with Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DARPG) as the nodal department, will attain its stated objectives of institutionalisation of cleanliness campaigns and reduction in pendency with a saturation approach, according to an official statement. Giving details of the campaign being carried out from October 2-31, the Personnel Ministry said it has led to earning of Rs 279 crore through scrap disposal, freeing up of 127 lakh square feet OF space for productive use and redressal of 4.27 lakh public grievances. The statement said 29.47 lakh physical files were reviewed and 17.58 were identified and 15.44 lakh weeded out, said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry, adding that 3.51 lakh e-files have been reviewed. The

Govt to hold campaign for promoting submission of digital life certificate

The Centre will conduct a month-long campaign from November 1 to promote submission of digital life certificates (DLCs) by pensioners, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. Pensioners have to submit a life certificate every year in the month of November for continuation of pension. The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) will be conducting the third nation-wide digital life certificate campaign which will be held in 800 cities/districts across India from November 1-30, said the statement issued by the Personnel Ministry. "This year the focus will be on promoting face authentication technology. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will provide full technical support during this campaign," it said. Face authentication has been made more seamless and convenient for the elderly pensioners, it said. The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will be holding camps at 785 districts .

Good Governance Day: Govt launches new features on Mission Karmayogi portal

The Centre will launch curated training programmes for government employees on Good Governance Day on Monday, an official statement said. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) is going to celebrate Good Governance Day on December 25, the statement issued on Sunday said. Singh, the Union Minister of State for Personnel, will launch three new features on the iGOT (integrated government online training) Karmayogi platform: My iGOT, blended programmes, and curated programmes, it said. My iGOT delivers targeted training courses on the home page of individual officers that directly address the unique capacity-building needs of the officer as identified in the capacity-building plan for their ministries/departments thereby facilitating a highly personalised, focused and targeted capacity-building experience, it said. More than 28 lakh users have onboarded the platform till now with about 830 high-quality e-learning courses being made available on the platform, said the statement

$1.8 bn recovered from economic offenders: Union minister Jitendra Singh

Assets of offenders worth more than $12 billion have been attached since 2014 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act according to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Prasanna Kumar Motupalli appointed chairman and MD of NLC India Ltd

Prasanna Kumar Motupalli was on Thursday appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of the state-run NLC India Ltd (NLCIL), a Personnel Ministry order said. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved Motupalli's appointment till the date of his superannuation that is June 30, 2026, it said. Motupalli, Executive Director of NTPC Ltd, is presently working as Managing Director in Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited on deputation basis.

Over 3,100 services to be added for online delivery in good governance week

Over 3,100 new government services will be added for online delivery during the five-day good governance week that begins from Monday, a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry on Sunday said. A host of good governance activities have been planned during the nationwide campaign based on the theme 'Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore' (governance towards village). As many as 3,120 new services identified by district collectors across the country will be added for online service delivery during the five-day 'Prashasan Gaon ki Ore' campaign to be inaugurated by Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh on Monday at Vigyan Bhawan here, the statement said. The good governance week, or Sushasan Saptah, will witness the nation's grievance redressal platforms functioning in unison -- grievances received on Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) will be redressed along with grievances received on state portals, it said. This is the second

Former Health Secretary Preeti Sudan becomes UPSC member: Personnel min

Former Health Secretary Preeti Sudan on Tuesday took oath as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), according to a Personnel Ministry statement. The UPSC conducts civil services examination annually in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview -- to select officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others. Sudan, a 1983-batch (retired) IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, was administered the oath by UPSC chairman Manoj Soni at the central hall of the main building of the commission here, it said. She superannuated as the health secretary in July 2020. Sudan also served as Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, and in the ministries of Women and Child Development and Defence. In her cadre state Andhra Pradesh, she handled finance and planning, disaster management, tourism and agriculture portfolios. Among her notable contributions have been initiating two major flagship .

Jitendra reviews preparations for swachhta campaign to be launched Oct 2

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday reviewed the preparations for the swachhata campaign 2.0 and a special campaign for disposal of pending matters to be conducted by the central government from October 2. The campaign involves freeing of office spaces by clearing pending matters and disposal of physical files and other junk. The special campaign 2022 is expected to cover outstation post offices, overseas mission/posts, railway stations, and other public offices during the month-long campaign, a statement issued by the Personnel Ministry said. According to the statement, the swachhata campaign '21 was conducted at 6,154 sites. During the campaign, 21.9 lakh files were weeded out, 12.01 lakh sq feet of space was cleared, and Rs 62 crore in revenue was earned through disposing of scrap, it said. Junkyards in ministries have been turned into courtyard, cafeteria, wellness centre or parking space, it said.

Parameswaran Iyer, credited for Swachh Bharat plan, is new NITI Aayog CEO

He will have a tenure of two years; incumbent Amitabh Kant's term ends on June 30.

ITPO CMD L C Goyal gets fifth extension till September 1, 2022

L C Goyal, Chairman and Managing Director of the India Trade Promotion Organisation, has been granted a one-year extension till September 1 next year, according to a Personnel Ministry order

Sudhir Kumar Saxena appointed Secretary-Security, Cabinet Secretariat

Senior IPS officer Sudhir Kumar Saxena was on Thursday appointed Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Saxena, a 1987 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently Special Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat, it said. The Secretary (Security) is the administrative head of the Special Protection Group (SPG) that provides security to the prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence. The SPG also provides security to any former prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at the residence allotted to him for a period of five years from the date he ceases to hold the office of the prime minister.

Centre issues new guidelines to regulate attendance in govt offices

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Monday directed all officers at the level of Under Secretary and above to attend offices on all working days from June 16 until June 30

Govt extends Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla's tenure till Aug 22, 2021

The tenure of Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla has been extended till August 22, 2021, according to a Personnel Ministry order issued on Saturday

Under Secy, senior officers to attend office on all working days: Centre

All officers of the rank of Under Secretary and above will be attending offices on all working days, the Personnel Ministry said on Wednesday in its latest guidelines for central government employees. Earlier, the officers of the level of Deputy Secretary and above were asked to attend the offices on all working days. For government servants below the level of Under Secretary, at least 50 per cent attendance is to be ensured, it said. The Heads of Department may mandate attendance of more than 50 per cent, if required in public interest, while strictly ensuring that social distancing is maintained under all circumstances, the guidelines said. The government servants at the level of Under Secretary and above have to attend offices on all working days, the ministry said in its order issued to all central government departments saying that this directive shall be in force with immediate effect. All officers and staff residing in the containment zone shall be exempted from coming to .

No proposal to change retirement age of central govt employees: Govt

There is no proposal to change the age of retirement of central government employees, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday

Work from home to be new normal for govt offices after lifting of lockdown

Draft guidelines in this regard have been circulated by the Personnel Ministry to all central government departments asking them to send their comments on it by May 21

320 corrupt officials given premature retirement in past 5 years: Govt

The provisions lay down the policy of periodic review and premature retirement of government servants

Over 683,000 vacant posts in central govt departments: Personnel Ministry

A highest of 1,16,391 recommendations were made by the RRB, 13,995 by SSC and 4,399 by UPSC

Budget 2020: Govt depts to create over 260,000 jobs between 2019 and 2021

The highest 79,353 jobs are estimated to be created in policing

As bureaucrats shun central deputation Union govt wants states to send more

It said there is "extremely low" representation of officers on central deputation, especially at deputy secretary or director level