Secys for steps to quicken ADP implementation

FE Team | Published: May 15, 2009 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

implemented until March last.
A total of 35 secretaries took part in the meeting that was held at the Bangladesh Secretariat with Cabinet Secretary Abdul Aziz in the chair, the meeting sources said.
The meeting also made a number of recommendations including completion of the government's current Boro procurement drive, resumption of mobile courts for checking marketing of adulterated food items and introduction of the mobile-tracking system for detecting any threat on telephone.
The meeting also proposed some changes in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Ordinance 2007 requiring the ACC to obtain permission from the highest authorities of the government before taking any action against government servants.
It, however, recommended limiting the official overseas visits of secretaries for the sake of keeping the ministries' normal administrative work unharmed.
"The meeting has recommended modifying some of the provisions of the existing ACC ordinance so that the ACC does not take any action or form any corruption charge against the government servants without prior permission from the government's highest authorities," the Cabinet Secretary told newsmen at his office.
As per previous law the ACC required to have green signals from the government before framing any charge against any government servant, but now no such provision exists in the ACC Ordinance 2007, he observed.
Responding to a query, Mr Abdul Aziz said, "The meeting has suggested that foreign tours of ministers and secretaries should not take place simultaneously so that the normal activities of the ministries are not hampered."
Besides, it also recommended introducing a 'meeting-less' day and a visitors-free day in every week for the sake of smooth conduct of administrative work.
The recommendation was made against the backdrop of the ever-growing crowds of visitors at the Secretariat, he said.
Responding to another query, the Cabinet Secretary said, "The meeting has proposed re-launch of the mobile courts as part of the drive against food adulteration, because such steps were found effective previously."
It also alerted the home ministry to take necessary measures to prevent any entry of adulterated fertilisers into the local market from outside the country.
The meeting was informed that a total of 104 decisions were taken by the Cabinet of the present government, 58 or 60 per cent of those were so far implemented.