http://upcpri.blogspot.in/2012/11/up-bureaucrats-sleep-over-cms-references.html
LUCKNOW: Does chief minister Akhilesh Yadav have a weak grip on the
bureaucracy? The huge pendency of CM's references with the government
departments may lend credence to the notion, especially at a time when
there are talks of the Samajwadi Party government having 'more than
one' power centre.
In comparison, Akhilesh's predecessor Mayawati, said to keep
bureaucracy on its toes, had a much better rate regarding disposal on
such references.
This information has come to fore through an RTI query filed by
activist Urvashi Sharma. It shows that the number of public
complaints, representations received from MLAs and politicians,
memoranda, e-mails, public opinions and suggestions and reports,
received at CM's office and forwarded to the departments concerned for
action is piling up.
In fact, the RTI reveals, that departments have disposed only a
handful of these references, indicating that the bureaucracy is no
longer as prompt as it was during the Maya regime.
The Mayawati government had sent 79,086 references to the government
departments between May 2007 and November 2009, and got them to act on
48,217 references.
In contrast, Akhilesh government in its eight-month tenure has
forwarded 94,773 references to the departments but action has been
taken only on 3,964 references. So, while Mayawati got the bureaucracy
to act on 60.96% public complaints and representatives, Akhilesh has
managed a meager 4.18%.
The departments that top the chart in non-disposal of references are
home and confidential and prisons with 16,945 references pending for
disposal at the level of principal secretary.
The department has a tardy disposal rate of about 2.63%. Among the
other laggards are the law department with a disposal rate of 0.24%,
primary education 0.80%, secondary education 2.83%, medical, health
and family welfare 1.70%, higher education 3.03%, social welfare
3.10%, agriculture 7.20%, forest 0.84%, estate department 0%, youth
welfare 0%, environment 0% and technical education 4.14%.
These departments are also the ones which have received maximum
references from the CM office. The information provided to RTI
activist Urvashi Sharma by CM office shows that law department
received some 12,000 references between March and October 2012,
primary education got 6,500 references and secondary education about
5,000 references for action.
The others departments that have public dissatisfaction growing
against them are civil and food supplies, housing, urban development,
energy, rural development, PWD, social welfare, appointment and
medical education.
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