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Chief Minister N Biren presiding over the cabinet meeting in Imphal.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Imphal,March 24 (EMN): The State Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren decided to set up a special cell at CM’s Secretariat to receive information on corrupt elements in public service, for ensuring transparency and accountability in governance.
In order to help the Government to ensure transparency and accountability, a dedicated mobile number 9402150000 was earmarked to receive public grievance or information related to any incident of corruption, says an official release. The general public shall be encouraged to capture the video/audio of any incident of corruption in public service and send the same through WhatsApp on the above notified number.The State Government will take prompt action in all such cases. Identity of the person giving information shall be protected to achieve the goal of transparent and accountable governance with focus on citizen centric and effective discharge of duty by public servants, instructions have been issued to all the public servants to ensure complete transparency and accountability in all matters.
The Cabinet discussed discontinuation of the stage of interview in direct recruitment for junior level posts (Grade-III & IV) in all departments under the Government of Manipur in line with the policy adopted by the Central Government. It will help in curbing corruption, more objective selection in transparent manner and substantially easing the problems of poor people.
The Cabinet decided to discontinue the stage of interview in direct recruitment for junior level posts in all departments under Manipur Government with immediate effect and to amend the existing recruitment rules for Grade III & IV Posts accordingly. In case of any recruitment that was not completed, the concerned department should place the matter before the Cabinet for taking an appropriate decision.
The Cabinet also discussed the finalisation of work programme and monitoring of development activities for effective and efficient utilization of fund during 2017-18 and decided the mechanism to enable all the stakeholders and the departments accountable for proper utilization of fund.
In case of any recruitment that was not completed, the concerned department should place the matter before the Cabinet for taking an appropriate decision. For release of funds, all departments shall be asked to finalise work programme initially for the first four months well in time and move Finance Department for release of fund. A mechanism is being worked out in consultation with IT Department.
The Cabinet also decided to promulgate an ordinance for exemption of fee in the transfer of documents of land to women to implement Housing for all under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana effectively in Greater Imphal area through MAHUD.
In order to streamline all the state funded schemes to the targeted beneficiaries and to ensure delivery with utmost transparency, the State Cabinet decided that all the state projects and Schemes be brought the ambit of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) with the use of public fund management system (PFMS) within a period of three months.
DBT is a major reform initiative launched by Government of India to ensure better and timely delivery of benefits from government to the public. From the next financial year, Government of India has decided to implement DBT across all schemes throughout the country.
