Department of Fertilizers and its 9 PSUs actively participated with full vigour in the Swachhata related activities under Special Campaign 3.0 from 2nd October, to 31st October, 2023.The progress of the Special Campaign 3.0 activities are being regularly monitored and reviewed by the Secretary, Department of Fertilizers from time to time. Secretary, Department of Fertilizers along with Economic Adviser attended the review meeting on 3rd Chief Secretaries Conference and Swachhata Hi Sewa Campaign chaired by Cabinet Secretary on 16.09.2023.
Department of Fertilizers and along with its 09 PSUs observed the Nation-wide Swachhata Campaign ‘EK Tareekh, EK Ghanta’ on 01.10.2023. Mass cleanliness drives were undertaken by the Department of Fertilizers in the Shastri Bhawan premises, which was led by Secretary, Department of Fertilizers along with Senior Officers and Staff in DoF on 01.10.2023 at 10.00 AM onwards for 1 hour.
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samruddhi Kendras (PMKSK) has been identified as one of the Best Practices by the Department of Fertilizers. PMKSK centers have become excellent examples of Swachhata Campaign 3.0 with clean premises and enhanced facilities for farmers.
Awareness was also created for widespread participation in the Swachhata Special Campaign 3.0 activities. In this regard, more than 420 official Tweets were done by the Department of Fertilizers and its PSUs through the social media handles of X (Ex-twitter), Facebook, Instagram etc. relating to the various Swachhata campaign 3 initiatives undertaken by them.
All efforts were undertaken by the Department of Fertilizers and its PSUs for making progress towards the review and weeding out of old files (both physical and e-files) as per the Record Retention Schedule, Parliamentary Assurances, disposal of Public Grievances, References from MPs, digitization of records, reduction of paper work, disposal of the e-waste, scrap material etc so that they can improve efficiency and space. The record room of the Department of Fertilizers at Janpath Bhawan and the Conference room of the Department of Fertilizers at Shastri Bhawan were refurbished as part of the Swachhata Campaign 3 initiatives.
The progress of Special Campaign 3.0 is also monitored on a dedicated portal www.scdpm.gov.in by DARPG and updated information is uploaded in the SCDPM portal by the Department of Fertilizers on a regular basis.
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