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V Kezo addresses a workshop on the NPS, on September 11, in Kohima.[/caption]
Dimapur, Sep. 11 (EMN): Treasury officers have been cautioned to not be ‘hand and gloves’ with other ‘erring’ officials even as a senior Finance officer has assured that show cause notices would be issued to ‘defaulting departments for negligence resulting in the loss of government money’ in regard to the National Pension Scheme (NPS).
The directorate of Treasuries & Accounts organised a workshop about the NPS for heads of departments and treasury officers, on September 11 in Kohima.
The government publicity agency the department of Information and Public Relations (IPR), gave details on Wednesday informing about the training programme.
Special secretary for Finance, V Kezo delivered the key note address at the event, the updates stated. Kezo said that the workshop was organised to ‘discuss issues on the huge financial implications faced by the state government caused by the NPS defaulting departments.’
The NPS is ‘not a complex matter and also not beyond the understanding of the HoDs and DDOs, but the refusal to acknowledge one’s assigned duty,’ the officer told the gathering, according to the IPR.
‘The unwillingness of the HoDs and DDOs to address the problem of NPS is not less than a fraud to the state government. He urged the HoDs and DDOs to have more sense of responsibility and collect treasury challan every month so as to keep the NPS up to date,’ the IPR stated, attributing it to the speech of the officer. He was stated to have cautioned the treasury officers not to be ‘hand and gloves with the erring DTOs and HoDs.’
‘The state government along with the Finance department, Treasury and AG are in the process of capturing data a little better than what used to be before,’ Kezo said. He said that some ‘abnormalities in data have already been detected.’
The special secretary also informed the gathering that show cause notices will be issued to the defaulting departments for negligence resulting in the loss of government money.
The IPR stated: “Kezo urged the officers to put extra effort in delegating responsibility to the subordinate and staff in matters like preparing correct bills and NPS uploaded on time as such small measures will go a long way in improving the quality of accounting and smooth functioning of all the departments.”
Also, the principal director for Treasures and Accounts RN Yanthan said that the main objective of the workshop was for the departmental heads to effectively implement the NPS in the state.
‘It is embarrassing to see Nagaland in the last position in performance chart,’ he was quoted by the IPR as having said. He urged the departmental heads to be more responsible in the implementation of schemes in their respective department.
