Institutionalizing Swachhata, minimizing pendency in govt offices, Jitendra Singh launches portal of special campaign 3.0
Sep 14, 2023
New Delhi [India], September 14 : Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh on Thursday launched the special campaign 3.0 portal to improve cleanliness and disposal of pending references from October 2 to 31 to give special attention to field and outstation offices responsible for service delivery or having public interface.
The Special Campaign 3.0 will be organized in two phases, the preparatory phase (September 15 to September 30, 2023) and the implementation phase (October 2 to October 31, 2023).
It aims at improving overall cleanliness of government offices and enhancing public experience, therefore special attention will be given to field/outstation offices responsible for service delivery or having public interface, in addition to the minsteries /departments and their attached /subordinate offices.
The government will organize the Special Campaign 3.0 on the lines of the Special Campaigns held in 2021 and 2022 on the same theme.
During the preparatory phase, ministries and departments will mobilize the offices or officers and ground functionaries for the campaign, appoint nodal officers in each of their campaign offices, arrange training for the nodal officers about their role in the Campaign, identify pending references, identify campaign sites for cleanliness, and assess the volume of redundant materials to be disposed of and finalise the procedures for their disposal.
During the implementation phase, ministries and departments will make efforts to achieve the targets identified in the preparatory phase, utilize the campaign to improve records management, and document the best practices that evolved during the campaign.
The special campaign in 2022 was conducted in over one lakh government offices in the country.
These offices have collectively cleared about 89.8 lakh square feet of space and put them into productive usages. A revenue of Rs 370.83 crores earned from scrap disposal, 64.92 lakh files were reviewed, 4.56 lakh public grievances redressed, 8998 MP's refrences replied.
The progress report of the special campaign conducted from June-July 2023 will also be released.
