Ministries told to post information of their work online

All Central government ministries have been asked to highlight their achievements by putting online the details of the work undertaken by them on a monthly basis for greater transparency.

The Cabinet Secretariat has recently issued instructions in this regard to secretaries of all the ministries.

“In order to ensure greater transparency and availability of information in the public domain, it has been decided that henceforth, all ministries and departments may upload, on a monthly basis, their major achievements, significant developments and important events for the month on their official websites,” the instructions said.

Senior officials in the Cabinet Secretariat said it has been observed that some of the departments are hesitant in putting governance-related information in the public domain.

Secretaries will be responsible for ensuring that the maximum information is put in the public domain, they said.

The Centre had recently asked all ministries to update their websites. Over 920 websites of various departments had failed quality audits following which the secretaries were asked to ensure that there is up-to-date information on the websites.

The availability of information in the public domain will also result in fewer right to information applications, the officials said.