- Wants decision-making accelerated
- Many riders attached
Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
New Delhi, Sep 3
In order to protect the serving and retired bureaucrats and top ranking persons, the Modi government has provided a sh
ield to protect them from harassment in future. This has been done to expedite the process of decision making which has been hurting the government’s growth path.
ield to protect them from harassment in future. This has been done to expedite the process of decision making which has been hurting the government’s growth path.
In a latest order issued tonight by the Modi government, all Union Ministers, Ministers of State, MPs, Chief Ministers, MLAs, CMDs of PSUs and top officers of the government at the Centre and states have been given unprecedented protection.
In a detailed order by the Department of Personnel & Training no 428/07/2021-AVD IV(B), directed the states and probe agencies to ensure that no officer less than the rank of the Director-General of Police or equivalent shall inquire into the complaints of allegations against top ranking persons in the executive.
The standard operating procedure (SOP) is a new norm where inquiry will be conducted by different ranks of Police Officers against different ranks of public servants. For example, additional DG level officers alone would personally hold inquiry, investigation or enquiry into; complaints and list them specifically before going ahead with the issues against public servants of level 14 & 15 and Board level PSU directors of the state and the Central governments.
Similarly, categories have been created for every rank and the power of police inspector has been curtailed in terms of initiating a probe directly.
The 8-page long circular is aimed at generating confidence among the Babus who are scared of the CBI, CVC and state governments launching probes against them either during their tenure of service or after retirement. These Public Servants don't make decisions on files and await orders from the political bosses who in terms push files to the Prime Minister’s Office or the Chief Minister’s Office.
