Min of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
{PIB Release, 02.07.2015}
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development
of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances,
Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh has called for use of
self - attested certificates since this has been approved by the Government of
India for over last eight months. He was presiding over a review meeting of
Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), here today.
Dr. Jitendra Singh has urged the State governments to encourage this practice
and also appealed to the common people, particularly youth, to bear in mind
that whenever they approach an office with documents, they should bring to the
notice of the authorities that the Government of India now allows self
attestation of certificates by the candidate himself.
Dr. Jitendra Singh informed that a
circular to this effect had already been sent to the State governments and
though most of the states have responded positively, yet in many cases, the
information is still not fully percolated to the lower levels of
administration. He said that introduction of self attested certificates was one
of the most historic measures introduced by the Modi government soon after it
took over. The decision was universally hailed both by administration as well
as by public.
This revolutionary step not only
lessened a lot of hardship faced by the youth applying for jobs or higher
education but also conveyed a bigger symbolic message that the Modi government
had the capacity to trust the youth of this country, he added.
Recalling from his personal
experience, Dr. Jitendra Singh stated that he had personally been a witness to
a number of hardships that the youth went through looking for a gazetted
officer, a notary, etc., for attestation. Moreover, in certain remote areas of
the country many a time, a gazetted officer or a notary was not readily
available in the vicinity to perform the task of attestation, he added.
On occasions, there were also
complaints that young aspirants had to shell out meager amount in their pockets
for accomplishing the task of getting the huge pile of certificates attested.
This is particularly ironic in the present age of high technology and biometric
facility, he observed and added that in certain areas and departments, however,
where statutory, legal or security nature are involved, the earlier practice of
getting attestation from an authorised authority has nonetheless been allowed
to carry on.
During the review meeting, an
assessment was also made of the number of other recent initiatives by DARPG
department which include introduction of a pension portal, "Jeevan
Praman" initiative, "Anubhav" programme, biometrics and new
methods for ease in governance. The Secretary DoPT, Shri Sanjay Kothari, the
Secretary DARPG, Shri Alok Rawat and other senior officers of the Ministry of
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions have participated in the meeting.
Source: PIB Release, 02.07.2015
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