Dr Jitendra Singh appeals for use of 'one-page' form
Dr Jitendra Singh appeals for
use of 'one-page' form
The Union Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO,
Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra
Singh has appealed to various ministries in the Central Government as well as
the State Governments to cooperate in carrying forward the Department of
Personnel & Training(DoPT)’s innovative reform to switch over to the use of
“one-page" form or format to apply for jobs, issue of birth and death
certificates and availing of various Government schemes.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the service delivery mechanism needs to be not only citizen-centric, but essentially youth-centric because it is the youth who comprise more than 65% of India’s population today. It is, therefore, the need of the hour, he said, to revisit and re-look the existing practice wherein an individual applying for a job, a loan or a Central scheme has to go through the process of filling up lengthy, often complicated and even repetitive information.
Dr Jitendra Singh disclosed that DoPT has already introduced one-page form for Central Pensioners. Similarly, the death and birth certificates could also be simplified immediately, he said. The “National Centre for Good Governance” will be holding workshops under its initiative “Saral Avedan, Sugam Prakriya, Swachh Prashasan” with different Government departments to discuss how best to carry forward this initiative, he said.
Dr Jitendra Singh pointed out that there are a number of forms which run into several pages and the information asked for is repetitive which can be easily avoided. For example, he said, some of the forms ask for the parentage or marital status more than once, even though this may not be essentially required for the purpose for which the application is being filled. Citing an instance, he said, when a form is filled for pension, the most relevant information required is age, date of superannuation, last pay scale and bank account number.
According to Dr Jitendra Singh the purpose of the entire exercise is that any given form should be made as simple as possible, preferably a single A4 size page, the contents of the form should be easy to understand and brief to fill-in. Similarly, the documents to be attached with the form should also be easy and absolutely essential, he added. He also informed that the State Governments will be persuaded to initiate this exercise at the earliest.
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Delegation of Indian Telecom
Service (ITS) Association calls on Dr Jitendra Singh
Telecom officers seek Minister's intervention for cadre review
Telecom officers seek Minister's intervention for cadre review
A delegation of
Indian Telecom Service (ITS) Association called on the Union Minister of State
(Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO,
Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra
Singh here today. The delegation was led by its General Secretary R. Saji
Kumar. The delegation sought Dr Jitendra Singh’s intervention for cadre review
of the ITS officers.
The delegation also submitted a memorandum to Dr Jitendra Singh wherein it was stated that Indian Telecom Service is a Group-A service with around 1700 officers posted in various wings of the Department of Telecom including DoT, MTNL, BSNL, DVNL, Central and State Government Departments and PSUs. The memorandum claimed that the previous cadre review had taken place more than 25 years ago and the ITS cadre strength as on 1st January 2008 is more than 6000. However, in view of the vast implementation of Government’s plans like the Prime Minister’s flagship programme “Digital India”, communication related networks of DoT, including policy making, licensing, regulation, network security, enforcement skill building, “Bharat Net” etc., a requirement of minimum 1100 ITS officers has been sent to DoPT for its consideration. The memorandum also pointed out that the Ministry of Communication & IT has approved additional requirement of about 800 ITS officers in BSNL, MTNL as part of ITS cadre review.
The delegation submitted that there is heavy stagnation in the cadre and no promotions have taken place in the last 5 years. A judicious cadre review will therefore not only meet the functional requirement of the services, but will also address the career aspirations of the ITS officers. Requesting for sympathetic view, the officers said that redressal of grievances of the officers will also help improve the services in communications sector.
Dr Jitendra Singh assured that the DoPT will do whatever possible to address the issues put forward by the ITS officers.
The delegation also submitted a memorandum to Dr Jitendra Singh wherein it was stated that Indian Telecom Service is a Group-A service with around 1700 officers posted in various wings of the Department of Telecom including DoT, MTNL, BSNL, DVNL, Central and State Government Departments and PSUs. The memorandum claimed that the previous cadre review had taken place more than 25 years ago and the ITS cadre strength as on 1st January 2008 is more than 6000. However, in view of the vast implementation of Government’s plans like the Prime Minister’s flagship programme “Digital India”, communication related networks of DoT, including policy making, licensing, regulation, network security, enforcement skill building, “Bharat Net” etc., a requirement of minimum 1100 ITS officers has been sent to DoPT for its consideration. The memorandum also pointed out that the Ministry of Communication & IT has approved additional requirement of about 800 ITS officers in BSNL, MTNL as part of ITS cadre review.
The delegation submitted that there is heavy stagnation in the cadre and no promotions have taken place in the last 5 years. A judicious cadre review will therefore not only meet the functional requirement of the services, but will also address the career aspirations of the ITS officers. Requesting for sympathetic view, the officers said that redressal of grievances of the officers will also help improve the services in communications sector.
Dr Jitendra Singh assured that the DoPT will do whatever possible to address the issues put forward by the ITS officers.
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