Chief Secretary urges strict monitoring of office attendance

Dr. J Alam chairs the meeting of administrative heads of departments and heads of departments at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Conference Hall, Kohima, on Thursday.

• DIMAPUR — An administrative heads of departments (AHoDs) and heads of departments (HoDs) meeting was held at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Conference Hall in Kohima on Thursday, chaired by Chief Secretary Dr. J Alam.
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• The meeting began with a review of office attendance at the Secretariat, according to a DIPR report. The Department of Information Technology and Communication made a presentation on the topic.
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• The Chief Secretary remarked that there has been a marked improvement since the issuance of the order on office attendance. However, he mentioned there is still room for further improvement. He reiterated the earlier directive to all assigned officers and the AHoDs and HoDs to personally monitor attendance in their respective offices strictly.

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• Three presentations were made by the Personnel and Administrative Reforms (P&AR) department on the latest notifications and office memoranda (OMs) issued by the department.
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• The first covered the OM on the periodic review of government servants for premature retirement under Rule 56(j) of the FR. The second related to the policy on short-term workers, and the third concerned the establishment of internal complaints committees (ICC) under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, in all departments and bodies.
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• The chief secretary informed the house of the background in which these policies were introduced and urged all AHoDs to base their actions on the OMs. He further urged all senior officers present to seek clarification from the P&AR Department if needed. Regarding the ICC, he requested all HoDs and AHoDs to nominate a nodal officer for She-Box.
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• The Chief Secretary urged the house to scrupulously adhere to the Nagaland Rules of Executive Business, 2020. He informed the house of the importance of attendance at official lunches and dinners hosted by the state in honour of visiting dignitaries.
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• The ACS and Finance Commissioner urged all government departments to install prepaid electricity meters in their offices. He informed the house not to delay seeking financial sanction for budgeted expenditure.