Action against corruption: Modi government retires 15 senior officials
New Delhi , June 18 (HS): In the second term of the Modi government, a period of tough decisions has begun. The government has dismissed 15 senior officials of the excise and custom department .
Last week, 12 senior officers of the Income Tax Department had forcibly retired . Under the Rule 56 of the Department of Personal and Administrative Reforms, the Finance Ministry has given these officers retirement .
It is believed that the Government’s intention behind doing so is to make the lazy and non-working officers free from service. According to reports, the government has also composed a list of officials having poor performance. At the same time, due to mandatory retirement, the government will also increase the employment through this process because the government posts are vacant and there are possibilities of evacuation of vacancies through the government for recruitment.
The decision taken under rule 56 – Ministry of Finance Rule 56 can be used on officers who are between 50 and 55 years of age and have completed 30 years of work. Such officers can be given mandatory retirement by the government. The government’s intention behind this is to retire a non-performing government servant.
