24-Feb-2018: J&K government asks the Centre to revisit Atal doctrine

The J&K government has asked the Centre to revisit former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s doctrine to defuse tension with Pakistan. The state government believes that dialogue and reconciliation is the only way to restore peace along the borders and on the mainland.

The Atal doctrine on Kashmir called for peace, progress and prosperity in the Valley by imbibing the spirit of Insaniyat (Humanity), Jamhuriyat (Democracy) and Kashmiriyat (Identity of the people of Kashmir). The doctrine was universally acclaimed by all segments across of political spectrum in the state, including the extremist elements in the Valley.

Vajpayee’s mantra included resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan, including that of Jammu and Kashmir issue in a peaceful manner through bilateral dialogue without any third party intervention.

Vajpayee extended a hand of friendship on the basis of reciprocity and mutual trust and called for collective fight against poverty in the Indian subcontinent devoid of terrorism and drug-trafficking.

Vajpayee also signed a Lahore Declaration with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on February 21, 1999. As part of the declaration, Pakistan agreed to resolve all bilateral issues between the two countries, including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in a peaceful manner and through dialogue and to promote people to people contact.

25-Dec-2017: Government launches electronic-Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS) on Good Governance Day

Government has launched the electronic-Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS) on Good Governance Day. The Minister launched the 25 applications of 5 modules of the system. The e-service book launched for DoPT  during March this year will also be integrated into the e-HRMS.

Good Governance Day is observed to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Under the leadership and inspiration of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Government has taken various initiatives to attain the goal of ‘minimum government, maximum governance’.  Launch of e-HRMS is also a step towards the ‘ease of governance’. This is an initiative by which the technology will be put to the optimum use. The other departments and state governments will also follow this system in due course, he added.

Government has been able to expedite various stalled projects, due to the initiatives such as PRAGATI. The Minister also said that the Government has revolutionized the entire structure of Civil Services Day in the recent years, with more participation and enthusiasm by young district collectors.  DARPG is organising regional conferences at different parts of country, which is taking good practices of governance to other parts outside Delhi. Due to the prompt response, the grievances lodged with the Government have also increased. Government is adopting a policy of intolerance towards non-performing officers and encouraging the performing officers. All these initiatives are in the direction of citizen-centric approach of the Government. 

e-HRMS, software will give a comprehensive and combined view of the human resource deployed by the Government. It is a cost-effective initiative, thus sustainable in the long-term. It will also provide HR analytics for the Government and it will help Government to post right man at right post, thus extract best of an employee. With launch of e-HRMS, employees will be able to not only see all their details w.r.t service book, leave, GPF, Salary etc., but also apply for different kind of claims/reimbursements, loan/advances, leave, leave encashment, LTC advances, Tour etc. on a single platform.

Employees shall not be dependant for data updating on administration, but they may themselves update the data with their login subject to verification by concerned administration. They will be able to track status and match details instantly. The system is designed in a way to obtain all management related inputs/reports through its Dashboard and all pendency of data updating as well as claims will be seen online by senior authorities that will instill more responsibility and accountability among all government servants.

This is a step in the direction of fully automated Human Resource Management System with a target to bring all employees of Government of India on employee portal so that all processes of personnel management from hiring to retiring will be on digital platform and manual system of handling personnel management will be dispensed with.

With launch of the website ehrms.gov.in, five bigger modules covering 25 applications have been launched. These are:

1. Personnel Information System- which has functionalities of self-updating by employees.
2. Leave- Leave of all kind may be claimed and sanctioned through website that will become part of service book.
3. LTC- All function related to LTC application, Eligibility Check, Sanction, Advance claim, Final reimbursements, Leave encashment.
4. Loan/Advances- All kind of loan and advances can be claimed, sanctioned and paid through it.
5. Tour: - All tour applications to be submitted through system and TA advance may also be claimed.

E-service book- Already launched on 30.03.2017, will also be integrated.

After training to the employees, these modules will be fully functional by next month and remaining modules will be developed by end of this financial year. Next month a workshop will be conducted calling all ministries and departments and they will be asked to take necessary steps for its early implementation in their ministry/departments.

This system has various advantages such as providing Dash board for employee and management, Updated service records, E-governance in office procedures, Reduced file movement, Faster service delivery, Assist in decision making, Common document repository of employees, Standardization of Master Data, Minimize manual entry of data, Ease of sharing information among stake holders, e-Sign for accountability/authenticity, PFMS and e-HRMS integration for faster payments of GPF, advances, Loans, reimbursements. This will reduce employee’s grievances to a certain extent. Even availability of online data of employees will help organisation to take many administrative decisions easily like planning of recruitments, posting of official to a task as per their experience and qualification, easily available online to the administration. It will also help employees to concentrate more on public service once free from personal anxiety of getting their due work done. That will enhance public delivery more satisfactory and more employees will be available for core work of the Government than maintaining of Service Book.

Availability of centralized data will enable Government for policy research and planning as such educational qualifications and other competencies and deficiencies may be easily obtained. It will enable Government to take transfer and posting decisions more pragmatically based on reliable first hand data.

The e-service book for DOPT employees launched on March 30, 2017 was also an initiative taken to fully automate it with live updating of all records. It was envisaged to go on a bigger and single platform for all central government employees and all transactions from Hiring to Retiring of a government servant should be fully automated.