Maharashtra govt issues rules for foreign excursions by officials
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THE Funds-STRAPPED Maharashtra authorities has issued fresh new guidelines for the foreign travels of bureaucrats and officers asking them to stay clear of needless travels and limiting their travels in a year.
The Standard Administration Department (GAD) led by Main Minister Uddhav Thackeray issued the tips on Monday for IAS officers and point out officers for their overseas tours. The rules say that the officials will be permitted to make 3 international travels with a utmost of 15 times in a calendar year.
The pointers also say that the officials really should check whether the information and facts to be received from foreign tours can be obtained by other implies. The proposals of international tours that are helpful to the point out government or that just can’t be averted should really be taken up for thought, it claimed.
As for each the tips, the section secretary has been entrusted with the responsibility of certifying the benefits of the international tours to the condition and no conflict of interest of officers likely on travel. All these proposals will be placed right before the chief secretary-headed committee that will recommend the proposals for main minister’s nod. The committee will take into account the journey proposal with the authorities expenditure only in excellent cases primarily based on the advantages to the authorities, it additional.
Having said that, the pointers do not mention the criteria demanded for the overseas travels of ministers and legislators. The preceding suggestions of June 2016, issued by the Devendra Fandavis governing administration, ended up applicable to the ministers and legislators as very well.
“All these rules, issued formerly, have been consolidated for clarity. There is no adjust in it. The 2016 rules applicable to ministers and legislators had been linked to the political clearance of the cabinet secretary, Ministry of External Affairs with other people. These are even now applicable,” claimed an official.