Home secretary LC Goyal has pulled up the ministry's bureaucrats for not preparing well-structured Cabinet notes and asked them to prepare clear and concise Cabinet notes as stipulated by the recent guidelines issued by the Modi government.
The decisions taken by the Cabinet and committees of the Cabinet are fundamental to the governance of the country and form the basis of policy formulation as well as evaluation of the impact of programmes, policies, plans, projects and schemes of the government, Goyal said in the note, sent to home ministry officials on June 15.
"The preparation of correct, accurate and concise Cabinet notes is essential to facilitate decision-making at the highest level of the government. But I find that the draft Cabinet notes prepared by the divisions and put up to me leave much to be desired," the note said.
The home secretary further asked bureaucrats to studiously follow a set of recent guidelines issued by the Centre, senior MHA officials said.
As per the guidelines, Cabinet notes should not exceed seveneight pages and while being brief should be self-contained, lucid and straightforward to bring out all relevant details with no material fact remaining unstated.
Notes should be suitably graded "secret" or "top secret", the heading should be fully indicative of the proposals contained in the note, which should be properly structured to include separate paragraphs on introduction, background, proposal, justification, details of inter-ministerial consultations, financial implications and level of approval required, the home secretary said in the note. He also said that only relevant papers are to be annexed while proposals concerning policy statements should be accompanied by an action plan with clearly identifiable time frame.
The decisions taken by the Cabinet and committees of the Cabinet are fundamental to the governance of the country and form the basis of policy formulation as well as evaluation of the impact of programmes, policies, plans, projects and schemes of the government, Goyal said in the note, sent to home ministry officials on June 15.
"The preparation of correct, accurate and concise Cabinet notes is essential to facilitate decision-making at the highest level of the government. But I find that the draft Cabinet notes prepared by the divisions and put up to me leave much to be desired," the note said.
The home secretary further asked bureaucrats to studiously follow a set of recent guidelines issued by the Centre, senior MHA officials said.
As per the guidelines, Cabinet notes should not exceed seveneight pages and while being brief should be self-contained, lucid and straightforward to bring out all relevant details with no material fact remaining unstated.
Notes should be suitably graded "secret" or "top secret", the heading should be fully indicative of the proposals contained in the note, which should be properly structured to include separate paragraphs on introduction, background, proposal, justification, details of inter-ministerial consultations, financial implications and level of approval required, the home secretary said in the note. He also said that only relevant papers are to be annexed while proposals concerning policy statements should be accompanied by an action plan with clearly identifiable time frame.
Source:-The Economic Times
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