While presiding over a high-level meeting at Secretariat on Thursday, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has directed the officials to ensure speedy disposal of files and expedite the procedures. All the departments have been instructed to prepare plans according to the supplementary Budget passed during the special Assembly session held at Gairsain. Feedback must be taken every fortnight, he said, adding that in case of problems arising anywhere, he should be promptly informed.
Additional secretary Finance has been asked to clear the files of other departments speedily. Coordination between the departments and the State government should be deepened in the interest of development, CM said. Additional secretaries concerned should play proactive role to speed up the movements of files from one section to another at the Secretariat. Additional secretaries should be aware of the queries written on the files while they are returned to their origin departments. File trekking system would be developed by Secretariat Administration and IT Department, he said.
Chief Minister said that the order regarding file clearance in four days does not mean that such things should take four days to be cleared. “Four days are the maximum time limit according to the nature of the file concerned. It must be ensured that the files are not stuck on one table even for one day unnecessarily,” he said.
CM stressed on spending the allocated budget without delay by departments concerned while assuring that the departments which have not got sufficient budget in supplementary budget would be called again to see how they can be provided with more. Secretaries and additional secretaries of the State should be in contact with the officials of Government of India regarding the schemes being envisaged by the State government. He further stressed on efforts to obtain fund for the Centre- sponsored schemes from the Union government. Besides, the revenue generating departments must augment resources by meeting the targets squarely, CM said.
During the meeting, Finance Minister Indira Hridayesh, chief secretary Rakesh Sharma, additional chief secretary Shatrughan Singh, principal secretaries- Om Prakash, S Ramaswami, Radha Raturi, Manisha
Pawar and Dr Umakant Pawar and secretary Amit Negi were present.