Chaos prevailed for over five hours on the two-kilometre stretch of Vidhan Sabha Marg and Ashok Marg in Lucknow’s Hazratganj area, following violent clash between the police and state employees on Thursday. Following this, teachers and employees of several government departments across the state decided to go on an indefinite strike to protest against police lathicharge on the protesting employees.
Six employees reportedly have sustained critical injuries in the lathicharge, said B P Mishra, president of teachers-employees’ joint front. Continue reading Govt employees clash with police in Lucknow, six injured
In an attempt to make bureaucracy accountable, a radical system of assessment has been mooted by an official panel allowing government servants to be sacked after 20 years of service if they are found unfit to continue.
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The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) headed by senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily recommended unprecedented and far-reaching changes in the service rules of government servants and suggested two intensive reviews to make civil servants accountable.
The first of its kind report in 150 years suggests far-reaching recommendations, including removal of non performing bureaucrats and perhaps even a formal degree in public policy.
Continue reading Govt panel for sacking of babus if found unfit after 20 yrs service
