New Delhi: The Ministry of Steel along with 7 PSUs viz. SAIL, RINL, NMDC, MOIL, MECON, KIOCL, and MSTC under the Ministry actively participated in the 'Special Campaign 2.0 for Disposal of Pending Matters "(SCDPM 2.0)", held from October 1, 2022, to October 31, 2022. The objective of the campaign was to institutionalise Swachhta and record management as a regular activity among employees and to minimise pendency, as well as strengthen the internal monitoring mechanism for the timely disposal of important items of government business pertaining to the Ministry.
The preparation phase of the campaign, which commenced from September 14 to September 30, 2022, was used to sensitize officials in steel PSUs about the campaign, mobilize ground functionaries, identify trends, finalize the campaign sites, identify scrap and other redundant materials, etc.
Major thrust areas of the Special Campaign 2.0 were: selling scrap, furniture, papers, and e-waste to enable recycling and carrying out cleanliness activities, record management exercises, liquidating the pendency of VIP references, IMC references, PMO/state government references, public grievances, PG appeals in all these steel PSUs offices. The campaign was spearheaded and led under the guidance of the Steel Minister (HSM), the Minister of State for Steel, and the Secretary of Steel. Preparedness and implementation of the campaign were regularly reviewed by HSM, MOS (Steel), Secretary (Steel), and other senior officers through random checks of various floors and sections/rooms.
The Steel Minister and the MoS (Steel) participated in the cleanliness activities in and around Udyog Bhawan, including at SAIL's head office in New Delhi. Senior officers of the Ministry visited the offices of CPSEs located in Delhi and reviewed their preparedness and implementation of the campaign parameters.
The objective of the campaign was to institutionalise Swachhta and record management as a regular activity among employees and to minimise pendency
During the campaign, steel PSUs have freed up 37,722 square feet of space from the disposal of metallic and non-metallic scrap, paper, e-waste, etc, and generated a revenue of approximately Rs 394 crore. Also, 568 square feet of space have been freed up in the ministry, generating revenue of Rs 0.80 lakh. Together with CPSEs, 58082 physical files and 10258 e-files were reviewed against the initial target of 55800 physical files and 7980 e-files. At least 43841 physical files have been weeded out, and 4947 electronic files have been closed.
During this sub-campaign under Special Campaign 2.0, as against the target of 237 Swachhta campaigns, 278 Swachhta campaigns were carried out by the Ministry and its CPSEs. In addition, 114 PG appeals or grievances, 12 MP references, 8 PMO references, and 2 IMC references have been settled. Seven rules or processes have been simplified by steel CPSEs during the special campaign.
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