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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS
profile including the areas of ‘experience’ that he/she has acquired over the years,
and is reflected in the officers’ Executive Record Sheet. This data contained in the
Cadre Management Division, especially pertaining to the experience profile of
officers is, at times crucial, as it is used for selecting names of suitable officers for
various Foreign Assignments and other important assignments in the Government.
An exercise was conducted in which the experience ‘fields’ available in the code
directory were rationalised to make them more topical and relevant to the current
requirements. The ‘old’ and the ‘new’ code directory of ‘experience’ fields was placed
on the website of the Department. Suggestions from officers across the board were
called for. The relevant suggestions were considered, and the changes incorporated.
The existing database of all the officers was then converted as per the newly
formulated experience Code Directory.
ACC VACANCY MONITORING SYSTEM
16. To make the ACC (Appointments Committee of the Cabinet) Vacancy Monitoring
System more effective, an Online Web Based Monitoring Software was designed
to ensure timely submission of proposals for appointments to the posts requiring
approval of the ACC. The AVMS (ACC Vacancy Monitoring System) has been
made available to all the Ministries/Departments so that they can keep a close
watch on the vacancy position and take timely steps to send proposals to the
Secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
SECOND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS COMMISSION (ARC)
17. As envisaged in the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP), the Second
Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) was constituted under the Chairmanship
of Shri Veerappa Moily on 21 August, 2005 as a Commission of Inquiry, for
preparing a detailed blueprint for revamping the public administration system. The
Commission was required to furnish its Reports to the Government within one year
of its constitution, i.e. by 31 August, 2006. However, the term has now been
extended upto 31 March, 2009.
PM’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
18. The Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh gave away the Prime Minister’s Awards
for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2006-07 for the second time on
21 April, 2008, on the occasion of Civil Services Day. There were fourteen initiatives
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