Aiming to strengthen and revitalise the Central government administration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formed a five-member task force headed by establishment officer and additional secretary in
Aiming to strengthen and revitalise the Central government administration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formed a five-member task force headed by establishment officer and additional secretary in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) Rajiv Kumar. The task force, mandated with ensuring maximum optimisation, will submit its report next month, official sources said.
The PM has approved the proposal to constitute a task force to examine the issues of rationalisation and optimisation of human resources in various ministries to align them with financial resources and focus areas of the government, sources added.
Minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh said rationalisation of staff is of paramount importance for good governance. “This decision has been taken keeping in line with the Modi government’s commitment to maximum governance and minimum government. We are also considering restructuring existing tribunals, autonomous bodies and Central public sector undertakings to ensure optimisation of human resources,” he said.
The task force has two joint secretaries from the Cabinet Secretariat and one each from the DoPT and Department of Expenditure as members, the officials said. In his Budget speech, finance ministry 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, the task force will take stock and recommend measures to optimise senior positions in the Government of India, covering posts in the secretariat and outside the secretariat, including chief vigilance officers — who act as arms of the CVC to check corruption — various autonomous bodies, regulatory bodies, attached and subordinate offices.
It will 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.
