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Stop creating vacancies, hiring new staff: Gujarat government

Finance department has issued a circular recently, asking all departments before preparing the estimations for the budget of the fiscal year 2018-19

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Gujarat government has directed officials of all departments not to create vacancies or recruit people.

The government adopted the frugal approach has instructed all the 27 departments to stay away from making unwanted expenses and the cutting short the staff is also the option given to the departments by the government. The Gujarat government has sent circulars to all the departments accordingly.

The finance department of Gujarat government has issued this circular recently giving instructions to all the departments before preparing the estimates for the budget of the fiscal year 2018-19. The government has also instructed that the existing staff should make maximum use of technology to decrease the requirement of other staff.

The circular reads, “The departments shall have to consider to change the norms for the cadres against the recruitment or creating a vacancy for the additional staff. The departments shall have to use the available resources of technology at the maximum and shall take action to decrease the vacancies of the staff. New vacancies will be allowed in very rare and exceptional case only.”

The finance department has also instructed the departments to not purchase new furniture and vehicles for the use of officials and staff to avoid expenses. The department can avail the vehicles on rent, only in the case, it is required in exceptional case.

The senior official in the government said, “This is because the state government wants to cut short over expenses so that the size of the non planned budget can be kept under control. The recruitment of staff and creating vacancies is also the part of the same.” “This will not affect the ten years recruitment calender of state government and the process shall continue until the vacancies as per the calender are filled. But it can be clearly understood that the government is trying to cut short the staff requirements.”

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  • Finance department has issued a circular recently, asking all departments before preparing the estimations for the budget of the fiscal year 2018-19.  
     
  • The department has also instructed the departments to not purchase new furniture and vehicles for the use of officials and staff to avoid expenses.
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