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DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS & PUBLIC GRIEVANCES
10.2 The requirement of funds is increasing every year as more and more ministries/
departments are becoming aware of the Scheme and the benefits derived from it.
This Department constantly monitors the effectiveness of the Scheme through
feedback received from the user ministries /departments and impact studies and
brings about the requisite changes in guidelines of the Scheme. The present revision
of guidelines was done due to the changes in the provisions of General Financial
Rules, 2005.
10.3 The Department keeps track of the implementation of the Scheme, wherein the
user ministries/departments are required to submit utilisation certificate. This
Department has been able to receive utilisation certificates of the status of all the
funds released under the scheme upto 31 March, 2008. It had also carried out
several on-the-spot studies of the modernized units. In the year 2002, it was decided
to have the impact assessment done through an independent agency and
accordingly M/s JPS Associates were engaged to do the job. They conducted a
comprehensive study of various ministries/ departments. They, in their report,
concluded that the modernization exercise was definitely a step forward. In addition
to the stated objectives of modernization, the agency listed the following intangible
benefits:- improved morale, feeling of pride in the workplace, improvement in
efficiency in order to keep up with the image of a modern office, improved feeling of
belongingness and better team work. Recently this Department had got another
evaluation study done of this Scheme for deciding its continuance from X Plan to XI
Plan through an outside Consultant viz. M/s.Wipro Ltd. This Consultant has not
only recommended the continuation of the Scheme but also suggested higher outlay
for it, keeping in view its popularity and impact.
10.4 The proposals received under the Scheme are examined by a Screening Committee,
which is chaired by the Additional Secretary (AR&PG) and has members drawn
from the Planning Commission, National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Urban
Development and the Integrated Finance Division of the Department.
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT MANUAL OF OFFICE PROCEDURE (CSMOP)
11. The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances as a nodal agency
is entrusted with the responsibility of prescribing procedures for Secretariat work.
These find embodiment in the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure
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