New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has asked over 40 ministries to immediately send details of non-performing and corrupt officers for their compulsory retirement.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has sent a letter, marked as ‘Reminder Immediate’, Tuesday to 45 ministries and government bodies, including NITI Aayog, ministries of agriculture, finance, human resource development and law.
In the letter, the DoPT has asked the ministries to send the names by 13 December.
The DoPT further said that very few cadre units have provided inputs to the department with respect to those who are covered under the extant provisions of FR 56(j) and Rule 48 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972.
These rules allow the government to carry out compulsory retirement of staff in public interest.
The latest communication from the DoPT comes six months after the government wrote to all ministries asking them to send names of corrupt or non-performing officers to be considered for forced retirement every month.
“The Ministries/Departments should ensure that the prescribed procedure like forming of opinion to retire a Government employee prematurely in public interest is strictly adhered to, and the decision is not an arbitrary one and is not based on collateral grounds,” the DoPT letter dated 22 June had said.
However, according to sources in the DoPT, the ministries have been dragging their feet on submitting these details.
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Info govt wants
The DoPT letter has asked the ministries to send details such as how many times the individuals concerned have taken leave, whether penalties have been imposed on them ever and what their appraisals have been like throughout their career.
The government also wants to know the health condition of the employees concerned and whether it has any bearing on their work, whether their services are seen to be useful, whether they are fit to continue to hold the post or if there is any reason to doubt their integrity viz. complaint of suspicious transaction in property, corruption, informal feedback, etc.
Anti-corruption push
After the Modi government came to power this year, it has been a stated aim of the ruling dispensation to weed out officers seen as “deadwood” or those facing allegations of corruption.
In his speech on this year’s Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government had taken several steps to eradicate corruption.
“You must have seen, in the last five years, and this time after coming to power, we have dismissed several people who enjoyed cushy positions in the government,” he said.
“Those who used to be roadblocks in our endeavours (to eradicate corruption), we told them to pack their bags (because) the country doesn’t need (their) services.”
So far, the government has removed officers only from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS).
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People in general appreciate the move but why the ministry of highway is left untouched. Roads are the best friends of common people and when they see them in a pathetic condition, they really curse everyone responsible for that.
मैं श्रीमान प्रधान मंत्री मोदी महोदय से आग्रह पूर्वक प्रार्थना करता हूँ कि जितना जल्द से जल्द भरसटाचार मिटाने का कार्य करे ।क्याे कि इससे हमारे देश एवं देश के मानव के विकास में बहुत बड़ा बाधक हैं । साथ मे भरसटाचार से कराईम भी बढ़ते जा रहे हैं । गलत कार्य करने वाले को दंडित कानून से डर समाप्त हो गया है ।हमारे माननिये श्रीमान प्रधान मंत्री महोदय आपने बहुत कुछ सुधार किये हैं ।अब सभी राज्यों के सभी विभाग के भरसटाचारी को सुधारे और न्यालय मे न्याय का समय सिमा निर्धारण किया जाये ताकि सही समय पर गलत कार्य करने वाले को दंडित देख कर गलत कार्य करने केलिए सौ बार सोचकर भी नहीं करेंगे । ईस कार्य के लिये हम सब अभारी रहेंगे ।
Ministry of culture, at central & karnataka state. If modi government appoints me, all corrupt officials will be listed.
Can you change our finance minister.she is unable to control the price of commodity. Not performing good. Can you change our family and health ministers Mr ashwni chobey doesn’t performing in his tenure in AIIMS fire broken in . our law minster unable to maintain law.
This looks like a totally wrong procedure adopted by DoPT to AVOID retiring corrupt officials etc.
What DoPT can and must do, is to ensure that all occasions and knowledge of corrupt activity ,are sent to it by all ministries.
Then it is for DoPT itself to decide who will retire or be considered for retirement, after consulting each ministry, not for the ministry to be sending lists.
Mujhe ak bar mod ji se milna he me usse kuch dikhana chahta hu kuch badalna chahta hu please ak bar mujhe modi ji se mila do please