In pursuance of the Good Governance week conducted from 19^th to 25^th December, DARPG published monthly report on “Secretariat Reforms” for December, 2023 with detailed analysis under 3 initiatives (i) Swachhata Campaign and Reducing Pendency to Minimum Levels; (ii) Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making and (iii) Adoption of e-Office/ e-Office analytics.

Key highlights of the Report for the month of December, 2023:

1. Swachhata Campaign & Reduction in Pendency: The momentum of the Special Campaign 3.0 was sustained in December 2023.

a. Cleanliness Campaign conducted at 1,06,888 offices

b. 13.68 Lakh sq. ft of Space Freed in December 2023

c. Rs 226.87 Cr of Revenue earned by scrap disposal in December 2023

d. 9,74,315 Public Grievances disposed in December 2023

2. Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making: The average transaction levels for active files in the Central Secretariat has substantially reduced from 7.19 in 2021 to 4.68 in December 2023. The Initiative for Increasing Efficiency in Central Secretariat was successful in reduced hierarchies and significant adoption of technology.

     3. e-Office implementation and analytics

1. The e-Office analytics dashboard ( https://vishleshan.eoffice.gov.in/) was launched by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions on December 19^th, 2023 in the inaugural ceremony of Good Governance Week 2023. Ministries/ Departments can view the progress on delayering, receipt pendency and inter-ministerial movement of files status on the e-Office analytics dashboard.
2. In December, 2023, 88% of total files are e-Files and 92.55 % of total receipts are e-Receipts.
3. Best Practices:

DARPG convened the National Workshop on Special Campaign 3.0 and Initiative for Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making at New Delhi on December 19, 2023. The workshop was chaired by Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions and the lead speakers were Secretary M/o Road Transport and Highways, Shri Anurag Jain; Secretary M/o Coal Shri Amrit Lal Meena; Secretary M/o Environment Forest and Climate Change, Smt Leela Nandan, Chairman Central Board of Direct Taxes, Shri Nitin Gupta; Additional Chief Secretary (Maharashtra) Smt Sujata Saunik; Additional Chief Secretary (Uttar Pradesh), Dr Devesh Chaturvedi and Member Capacity Building Commission, Shri Praveen Pardeshi. They presented the initiatives and best practices undertaken in their Ministries/Departments/States.

 a. Ministry of Statistical & Programme Implementation: Store Room was converted into a Recreation room which had facilities of various sports in New Delhi office of Ministry of Statistical & Programme Implementation.

b. Department of School Education & Literacy: Vidyanjali a school volunteer management program of Ministry of Education aims to strengthen Government and Government aided schools through community and private sector involvement across the country. This initiative connects volunteers from all spheres of life including the industry. Cabinet Secretariat donated old computers under Vidyanjali program. 

c. Ministry of Railways: The beautification works undertaken involved splashing the walls inside the stations with bright colours, murals around the ticket windows, staircases and foot over bridges with a unique theme for each station. At Matunga Railway station old scrap was disposed.

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