New Delhi: All retiring Central Government employees will soon be able to leave behind a 1,000-word note on their
significant achievements during service that can be put up online so that serving employees can draw inspiration and build on those ideas.
The ministry of personnel, which reports to the Prime Minister, has circulated a concept paper to all Ministries, proposing to
create a platform for retiring employees to volunteer to showcase “commendable work” done during service.
“While the retiring employees can look back with satisfaction
and a sense of
fulfilment, this would also create a database of useful suggestions and information…
It will
also act as a motivator for serving employees,” the concept paper says, asking
the Ministries to give their comments by
November 30.
It has also specified that commendable work will include “any work
that has contributed to the efficiency, economy and effectiveness in government
functioning, any innovation which led to improved work culture or manuals or
publications related to work created by the retiring employee”.
The
employees will be required to submit a write-up of not more than 1,000 words
six months before their retirement when they apply for pension. “Since most
successful ventures would have contributions of the entire team, retiring
persons must ensure that names of other members of the team are indicated in
the write-ups,” the Ministry has said in the concept paper.
According to the Ministry, initially an online facility will be
provided only to retiring employees for submitting the note. “The exercise would be completed at least one month before retirement and the
result uploaded on the departmental website.
The website will clearly indicate that the contents and suggestions are as
provided by the retiring employee,” the concept paper says.
The retiring employees will also be asked to mention if they
would be willing to volunteer for social work post-retirement. “This would be a wonderful
opportunity to garner the resource of retiring employees for voluntary
contribution to nation building post-retirement,”
the paper says.
The ministry has also implemented a programme to provide
counselling to employees who are about to retire as the government intends to
utilise the services of
these officials for
useful interventions in society like evaluation of development schemes being implemented across India.
As per a Government estimate, there are about 40,000 fresh retirees every year from Central Government Civil Establishments alone,
while the number could be over a lakh if personnel from Defense, Railways, Posts and Telecom were to be included. There is already a pool of 50 lakh existing pensioners.
ET Bureau