A senior state government official said Fadnavis wrote to his cabinet colleagues in this regard recently. "The focus is on decentralisation of power and delegation of authority," said the bureaucrat, adding that Fadnavis had begun this in the home department, which is headed by him. "This will ease the present centralised processes. It is not right for power to be concentrated in a few hands," he added.
While the state cabinet on Tuesday decided to decentralise powers to transfer police officers at the district level, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has written to his fellow ministers asking them to decentralise powers and delegate authority within their departments.
This, senior bureaucrats said, would ensure transparency, speed up the administration and ensure faster grievance redressal.
A senior state government official said Fadnavis wrote to his cabinet colleagues in this regard recently. "The focus is on decentralisation of power and delegation of authority," said the bureaucrat, adding that Fadnavis had begun this in the home department, which is headed by him. "This will ease the present centralised processes. It is not right for power to be concentrated in a few hands," he added.
However, the idea may run into some opposition from Fadnavis's own colleagues. "Further decentralisation of authority may make the officialdom even more imperious," said a close aide of a minister, adding that some ministerial or senior level oversight was necessary to ensure that these officials did not turn a blind eye to grievances and issues.
Besides this, as part of the police reforms agenda, the cabinet decided to give the authority to decide on transfers up to the rank of inspectors to the district police establishment board, which will be headed by the district superintendent of police and will have the additional superintendent of police and deputy superintendent of police (headquarters) as members.
The board will decide on normal and premature transfers of officials and will recommend transfers of policemen (up to the rank of inspector) out of the respective district and range to the establishment board headed by the director general of police.
After NCP chief Sharad Pawar, it is the turn of the Shiv Sena to criticise, albeit obliquely, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's proposal of a committee headed by prime minister Narendra Modi for handling issues related to Mumbai.
Speaking to a news channel, Sanjay Raut, Sena Rajya Sabha MP and executive editor of the party mouthpiece Saamna, alleged that some industrialists and politicians were conspiring to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra.
"In the last one month, discussions have once again started about Mumbai. Industrialists with deep pockets and politicians are trying to separate this city from the state. Fadnavis spoke about a committee under the PM's leadership for development of Mumbai," he added.
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