Royal Enfield, SX4s to photocopiers — govt aims to make Rs 400-cr off Shastri Bhawan ‘clean-up’

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New Delhi: In March, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) wrote to the Ministry of Education with a list of 23 vehicles including five Ciaz cars, seven SX4s, three ambassadors, a Rajdoot bike and a Royal Enfield lying abandoned in Shastri Bhawan and posing a security threat...

With this initiative to free up space in its offices, the government also seeks to make Rs 400 crore...

Under the drive, which was launched in 2021, old files will also be put through shredders, for which staff in central government offices have been grading them over the last fortnight in categories A, B and C in the order of importance. While pending files on important matters, such as past policy decisions, are being preserved, old leave applications, and medical claim applications will be weeded out...

He added that while weeding out old files freed up the record rooms and desks of officials, the government felt that it was not enough, and decided to scale up [in 2021] the annual campaign by bringing under its ambit the task of disposing scrap too..

While the situation has improved due to the last two special drives, the focus is also shifting to improving the look of otherwise drab government offices, said Farida M Naik, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines...

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