ep 10 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
RELIEF FOR BABUS - Govt employees can declare their assets by Dec 31
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The government has extended the September 15 deadline for public servants to file revised returns of their assets and liabilities under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act to December 31, 2014.The government has also amended the Lokpal and Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014 to increase the timeframe for making rules regarding filing of annual returns and declaration of assets by public servants, from “within a period not exceeding 270 days (from the Lokpal law coming into force)” to “within a period not exceeding 360 days”.
Giving reasons for the amendment, a Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) order issued on Monday noted that many ministries and departments had raised concerns about the complexities involved in posting every detail of a public servant’s assets in the public domain. The concerns include “exacerbation of vulnerabilities of the public servants after filing such details, specifically of moveable property and their publication on the websites of respective ministriesdepartments, giving rise to apprehension of safety and security of family members of the public servant, particularly his children”.
Incidentally, Union minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh on Tuesday denied that any public servant had expressed concern or reservations against placing information of his assetsliabilities in the public domain. With the report of a committee, appointed by the Centre on August 28 to simplify the manner in which a public servant shall make declaration of assets and lia bilities, expected within 45 days, the DoPT has extended the outer limit for completion of the process of framing the said rules from 270 days to 360 days. As per the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns), all public servants must declare, apart from their immoveable property , their moveable and liquid assets such as vehicles, cash in hand, gold and other precious jewellery , investments in shares, bonds and mutual funds as well as bank deposits, etc.
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Giving reasons for the amendment, a Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) order issued on Monday noted that many ministries and departments had raised concerns about the complexities involved in posting every detail of a public servant’s assets in the public domain. The concerns include “exacerbation of vulnerabilities of the public servants after filing such details, specifically of moveable property and their publication on the websites of respective ministriesdepartments, giving rise to apprehension of safety and security of family members of the public servant, particularly his children”.
Incidentally, Union minister of state for personnel Jitendra Singh on Tuesday denied that any public servant had expressed concern or reservations against placing information of his assetsliabilities in the public domain. With the report of a committee, appointed by the Centre on August 28 to simplify the manner in which a public servant shall make declaration of assets and lia bilities, expected within 45 days, the DoPT has extended the outer limit for completion of the process of framing the said rules from 270 days to 360 days. As per the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns), all public servants must declare, apart from their immoveable property , their moveable and liquid assets such as vehicles, cash in hand, gold and other precious jewellery , investments in shares, bonds and mutual funds as well as bank deposits, etc.
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