Government Departments

Departments should aim to get maximum revenue: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami

"The departments whose revenue receipt is less as per the target, the reasons for this should be studied deeply, where there is a need for improvement in the policy, that should be done," he added

All govt depts to integrate with national single window system by Dec

All the states, union territories and 32 central government departments will integrate with the National Single Window System (NSWS) by December this year, through which companies can seek all approvals and clearances for their businesses, a top official said on Thursday. So far 19 states/UTs and 27 central government departments are already onboarded, including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, and Karnataka, the Secretary in the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT) Anurag Jain said here. He was speaking at a joint meeting of the India-Japan business cooperation committee meeting. The system is aimed at reducing duplicity of information submission to different ministries, reduce compliance burden, cut gestation period of projects, and promote ease of starting and doing business. NSWS enables the identification, applying and subsequent tracking of approvals for all integrated states and central departments. "Going ..

Don't engage retired staffers to probe graft cases: CVC to govt depts

The Central Vigilance Commission has asked public sector banks, insurance companies and central government departments not to engage retired employees in investigating corruption cases. The assertion comes after it was noticed that some organisations were appointing retired employees as investigating officers, contrary to its existing nearly two-decade-old directive in this regard. Moreover, it is also important that the vigilance functionaries are made accountable and subjected to disciplinary action if they are found to have compromised confidentiality, objectivity or integrity, in the discharge of duties assigned to them, the commission said. The same is not possible in the case of retired officials as conduct and disciplinary rules do not apply to them for any post-retirement misconduct, it said in the latest order. The commission had in August 2000 directed that vigilance functionaries in any organisation shall be full-time employees and that a retired staffer should not be ..

Nasscom hails draft data protection bill for dropping contentious rules

Provisions on non-personal data, criminal penalties, hardware certification scheme, and statutory data residency requirements among those axed

Reliance Jio lists JioBook on govt e-marketplace at Rs 19,500: Details here

The JioBook is currently available for government department employees via the GeM at Rs 19,500. For others, it is expected to be available around Diwali

Centre in 'mission mode' to fill job vacancies in govt depts and ministries

The centre is also pushing PSUs to ensure timely filling up vacant posts, including the ones reserved for socially backward classes

Sitharaman set to launch single nodal agency dashboard on Tuesday

SNA dashboard forms part of public financial management reform that was initiated in 2021 with regards to the manner in which funds for Centrally Sponsored Schemes are released, disbursed, monitored

BS Number Wise: The late and lagging government annual reports

Just over half the ministries, departments and autonomous bodies released these crucial documents for 2020-21

IT, pharma, electronics departments ask for top-up funds in PLI push

Govt sets up panel to look into demand after strong industry response

All govt departments told to cut expenses by 60% amid coronavirus outbreak

Each department has to make the "savage cuts" by redoing the Budget maths.

10 years, 3 salary hikes later, central govt's understaffing issues persist

According to a 2015 report, for every 100,000 people, India had 139 central government employees, compared to the US, which had 668

Unhappy with delayed response from central govt depts: MPs complain to PMO

Union minister Jitendra Singh wrote to ministers of all the departments concerned