The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered its employees to declare their assets on the Manav Sampada portal, meant for this purpose, by this month end or face the music. Those who fail to abide by this order will get no salary for the month of September. This move is aimed at bringing transparency in the governance and its administration.
According to the order, issued by Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh, all Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Heads of Departments must declare their assets, movable as well as immovable, on the portal by September 30. It has been clearly stated in the order that only those employees who provide their details of assets on the portal would be given their September salaries.
According to sources, 90 per cent of state government employees have already provided details of their assets on the portal. The state has a total strength of 8.44 lakh employees, out of which 7.19 lakh staffers have already disclosed their assets on the portal. This means this order is meant for the remaining 1.25 lakh government employees who are yet to furnish details of their assets.
It is not that the government is holding the stick only, the employees who abide by the order will get their reviews done on time. The Drawing and Disbursing Officer (DDO) has been entrusted the task of conducting a timely review of the employees who abide by the order.
