- Yogi Adiyanath government in Uttar Pradesh will soon launch an ‘Officer Desk System’ in the state to expedite file management and ensure transparency in the disposal of files.
- The Uttar Pradesh government is following the practices of the Narendra Modi led central government, which has set up 623 desk units across 40 ministries.
- The Desk Officer System was introduced as part of administrative reform initiated by the Modi government.
Proposed Officer Desk System in Uttar Pradesh
- The Uttar Pradesh government will categorise departmental responsibilities within the state secretariat into routine and regulatory functions.
- The Officer Desk System will only be for regulatory functions.
- At the departmental level within the secretariat, each desk unit will have a Special Secretary, Joint Secretary, Personal Secretary and Assistant Personal Secretary.
- The Officer Desk System will be implemented phase wise. In the first phase, it will be deployed in 20 departments of the state secretariat.