Asking government officers to improve work culture in all the departments, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the offices should be linked to the e-office system so that complaints and files were disposed of in a time bound manner and in case of delay the officer concerned could be penalised.
The chief minister also directed officials to set up an agency to conduct all the recruitment examinations as done by the Centre and also announced upgradation of Udyog Bandhu.
“Decision-making processes for routine work should be improved. The files should not be kept pending for more than seven days at department headquarters and subordinate offices. If the file is held up for more than three days at a table, the responsibility be fixed,” he said here on Thursday.
The chief minister directed heads of all departments to ensure attendance and punctuality in government offices and said the attendance should be monitored through surprise checking and effective supervision by the seniors.
Yogi directed officials to streamline the recruitment and examination process in government departments and undertakings.
“Set up an agency to conduct all the recruitment exams like the Centre,” he said.
Last month, the Union government had announced the formation of a National Recruitment Agency under which a common exam would be held for all government jobs in the country.
“We should replicate this system in UP as it will help the job-seeking youth, particularly the poor, of the state,” the chief minister said.
Laying stress on effective and efficient functioning of Nivesh Mitra portal, the chief minister said that deployment of experts should be considered for this. He also announced to set up an Invest UP organisation, upgrading the Udyog Bandhu.
“Make a plan to attract Rs 1.50 lakh crore investment in the next 12-15 months,” Yogi said.
The chief minister was particularly happy over the functioning of 98.5 per cent industrial/commercial units at their full capacity in the state. He asked officials to see that the remaining units also worked to their full capacity.
Yogi also asked officials to make some effective plans to create more employment and to make efforts for time-bound solution of weavers’ problems.
He directed the officials to take appropriate action for smooth inter-state movement of buses. He said the buses should be plied on all earmarked routes.