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New Delhi : The MoS (PP) Dr Jitendra Singh on September 18, 2019, said that the transition of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh into UTs will be smooth and the cadre is no issue in this transition. He said that any arrangement or mechanism which evolves will be in the best interest of all the stakeholders.
Dr Singh was addressing the Annual Conference of Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries (Personnel/GAD) of all State/UT Governments, organised by Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India, here on September 18. Secretary (DoPT), Dr C Chandramouli, Secretary (DARPG & Pensions), K V Eapen, and senior officers of the Centre and UT/State Governments were also present at the conference, according to a PIB release.
The Annual Conference was aimed at deliberating the issues relating to personnel management of All India Service officers. It was organised to have a greater coordination between the States and the Central Government in the matters related to administration and governance. Various issues related to personnel management, training and other service matters related to All India Services were discussed during the conference.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Singh said that the Government under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi has taken various initiatives to provide conducive working atmosphere to the officers with an aim to enabling them provide citizen-centric governance that is responsive to the needs and concerns of all stakeholders.
He quoted examples of initiatives which included self-attestation, abolition of interviews for recruitment to non-gazetted posts, doing away with the obsolete rules and grievance redressal system, among others. The Minister said that the nature of PM’s Awards for Excellence has been entirely changed in the recent years. Now the civil servants are being rewarded for implementation of flagship programmes of the Government with a large number of participation by the district collectors.
Dr Singh said that Government has zero tolerance towards corruption and non-performance, but at the same time it is committed to provide conducive atmosphere to the honest and sincere officers. He added that the Prevention of Corruption Ac, 1988, has been amended by the Government recently to ensure that no guilty is spared, while at the same time protecting the honest officers. He further said that the Government has made efforts for an inclusive administration demonstrated by the introduction of reservation for EWS category.
He said that youth comprise 70 percent of country’s population and Government is committed to provide them all avenues of development. He spoke about the Government’s decision to post young IAS officers as Assistant Secretaries in the Central Ministries to provide them exposure about the functioning of the Government. This will enable them implement the flagship schemes at the ground level, he added.