NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
constituted a five-member task force to rationalise central government staff
and ensure their maximum optimisation.
The task force will be headed by Establishment
Officer and Additional Secretary in Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)
Rajiv Kumar and it will submit its report next month, officials said today.
The prime minister has approved the proposal to
constitute a task force to examine the issues of rationalisation and
optimisation of human resource in various ministries to align them with
financial resources and focus areas of the government, they said.
Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh
said rationalisation of staff is of paramount importance for good governance.
PM Narendra Modi Forms Task Force To Rationalise
Central Government Staff
“This decision has been taken keeping in line
with the Modi government’s commitment of maximum governance and minimum
government. We are also considering restructuring existing tribunals,
autonomous bodies and central public sector undertakings to ensure better
optimisation of human resource,” he told news agency PTI in New Delhi.
The task force has two joint secretaries from
Cabinet Secretariat, one each from the DoPT and Department of Expenditure as
members, the officials said.
In his Budget speech for 2016-17, Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley had said a task force has been constituted for
rationalisation of human resources in various ministries.
“A comprehensive review and rationalisation of
autonomous bodies is also underway,” he had said.
As per its Terms of Reference (ToR), the task
force will take stock and recommend measures to optimise senior positions in
the Government of India, covering the posts in the secretariat and outside the
secretariat including Chief Vigilance Officers – who act as a distant arm of
Central Vigilance Commission to check corruption, various autonomous bodies,
regulatory bodies, attached and subordinate offices.
It will also review roles and requirements of
these posts, including eligibility criteria and recommend measures to achieve
synergy and convergence of purposes and resources, the ToR said.
The task force will review the processes involved
in filling these posts and recommend rationalisation and is required “to
examine and incorporate global best practices in this regard”, it said.
There are about 50 lakh central government
employees working in various ministries.Source: NDTV
