Statement of assets
It is a welcome decision that the govt is going to introduce the system of submission of statement of assets and properties possessed by the govt servants .
It will be an important step towards ensuring transparency and accountability of the govt servants who actually constitute the permanent set-up of the govt in our system. In this matter the govt servants should include the employees of the corporations, autonomous bodies and the like. It was once incorporated in the government servants' conduct rules and was also given effect to in the early eighties. It continued for two years or so. But without any cogent ground the system was discontinued. Was it not the result of an unholy alliance among the people in authority?
Not only it should be reintroduced, but it should also be reintroduced with retrospective effect.
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