10th Edition of Secretariat Reforms Report
Source: PIB
GS II: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures
Overview
- News in Brief
- What is the Secretariat Reforms Report?
- About 10th Edition of Secretariat Reforms Report
Why in the News?
DARPG published 10th edition of monthly report on “Secretariat Reforms” for the month of January, 2024
News in Brief
- It has detailed analysis under three initiatives, Swachhata Campaign and Reducing Pendency to Minimum Levels, Increasing Efficiency in Decision-making, and e-Office.
- The report highlights the Government’s efforts for institutionalizing Swachhata, reducing pendency and delayering under the Initiative for Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making which continued to witness significant momentum in all Ministries and Departments.
- Nodal Officers have devoted 3 hours per week to the Swachhata campaign in all Ministries and Departments.
What is the Secretariat Reforms Report?
- It released the first edition of Secretariat Reforms for December 2022, by the decisions made during the National Workshop on Good Governance.
- The data provided by DARPG, which was collected from the special campaign portal at www.pgportal.gov.in/scdpm, is expected to assist Ministries/Departments in implementing more extensive administrative reforms to facilitate the digital transformation of the Central Secretariat.
- The focus of the report
- Swachhata Campaign and Reducing Pendency to Minimum Levels,
- Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making, and
- E-Office
About 10th Edition of Secretariat Reforms Report
- Swachhata Campaign & Reduction in Pendency
- Cleanliness Campaign conducted at 4,563 offices
- 17.02 Lakh sq. ft of Space Freed
- Rs 18.18 Cr of Revenue earned by scrap disposal
- 4,67,955 Public Grievances disposed
- Initiative for Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making
- The average transaction levels for active files in the Central Secretariat have substantially reduced from 7.19 in January 2021 to 4.58 in January 2024.
- e-Office implementation and analytics
- E-Office analytics dashboard has been widely adopted in all Ministries and Departments.
- In January 2024, 92% of total files created in central secretariat are e-Files and 92.73 % of total receipts are e-Receipts.
- Increase in Inter Ministerial Files to 4470 Inter-ministerial files in January 2024 as compared to 3808 files in December 2023.
- The report of January 2024 lays special focus on “Maintenance of Record Rooms” as best practices in Department of Posts, Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Mines and Department of Biotechnology.
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