: Dr Jitendra launches Special ‘Swachhta’ Campaign for Govt offices #IndiaNEWS #State Excelsior Correspondent NEW DELHI, Oct 2 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science

Dr Jitendra launches Special ‘Swachhta’ Campaign for Govt offices #IndiaNEWS #State
Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Oct 2 : Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Science and Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Earth Science; MoS PMO , Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions,Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today launched the Special “Swachhta??? Campaign 2. 0 for government offices, with a focus including on disposal of physical as well as electronic scrap and reducing pendency of official files and work.
Dr Jitendra Singh began the campaign by disposing off E-waste of DARPG, followed by inspection of office and Shredding of First File in ARC Division and presentation of Bamboo Waste Paper Basket to two Under Secretaries in DARPG. Thereafter, the Minister closed the First File in e-Office by IE&C Division and presented Category-III Certificate to the Library.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Special Campaign launched on “Bapu Jayanti??? from 2nd October to 31st October, 2022 is aimed at ensuring timely and effective disposal of Public Grievances, References from Members of Parliament, State Governments, Inter-Ministerial Consultations and Parliamentary Assurances and disposal of scrap.
Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s very first speech from the Ramparts of Red Fort on 15th August 2014, wherein he announced to launch Swachh Bharat Mission from 2nd October, 2014, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the mission became a Jan-Andolan and has been dubbed as the biggest Social Reform Movement after independence. He said, it also demonstrated the intent of the government that it will address the fundamental issues facing common-man in a mission mode.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, until now more than 67,000 Sites have been identified by Ministries/ Departments of Government of India for conducting the cleanliness campaigns. Around 21 Lakh Physical Files and 3 lakh e-Files are due for Review during the said campaign. For the first time, this year the campaign will also focus on e-Files and the review of the same.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Special Campaign 2. 0 is expected to cover over 1. 5 lakh Post Offices, overseas mission/posts, Railway Stations, and other public offices in mission mode during the month-long campaign. Training of nodal officers with respect to the portal of the Special Campaign has already been conducted by DARPG.
Secretary, DoPT, Radha Chauhan, Secretary, DARPG, V. Srinivas, Secretary, Department of Science Technology, Dr. S Chandrasekhar, Secretary, Department of Earth Science, Dr. M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Rajesh S Gokhale, Secretary DSIR, Dr. N Kalaiselvi, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, KN Vyas, Secretary, Department of Space, S Somnath joined the inaugural event.

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