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Special Campaign 5.0 is in full swing in Department of Personnel & Training to achieve efficiency in decision making and disposal of pending items

Special Campaign 5.0 is in full swing in Department of Personnel & Training to achieve efficiency in decision making and disposal of pending items

Aiming to fulfilling the vision of the Hon’ble Prime Minister to institutionalize Swachhata and enhance workplace efficiency, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT), along with its Attached/ Sub- ordinate organizations, is actively participating in the main phase of Special Campaign 5.0. This campaign, which commenced on 2nd October and will continue through 31st October 2025, aims to make impactful, focused and significant improvements in Cleanliness and reducing pendency in office matters.

Enthusiastic participation has been witnessed from all the officers in the Department, as well as Attached and Subordinate offices functioning across the country under the administrative control of the Department. Till date, more than 585 cleanliness sites have been covered.

Large scale awareness and Campaign advocacy through Social-Media with several Tweets and posts on other platforms like X and Facebook leading to #SpecialCampaign 5.0 has been gaining lot of attraction on Social-Media. During the campaign, focused attention has been accorded for bringing about overall improvement in working environment and enhance quality of office experience for the staff. Department of Personnel and Training has recently shifted from North Block to Kartavya Bhawan 3 in Delhi, which has, apart from a modern office complex, also enabled officers and staff to interact better, bond together and have more cohesive team work in their personal and professional interactions.

Records Management

Since the beginning of the Special Campaign 5.0 on 02 October, 2025, more than 52,112 physical files and more than 2474 e-files have been reviewed and 20,391 files have been weeded out. E-files, where action has been completed have also been closed.

Besides the above parameters, overall cleanliness of government offices with special focus on space management and enhancing work place experience of field offices was undertaken. 16 cleanliness campaign were conducted for cleaning of the offices in DoPT along with its Attached and Subordinate offices. The revenue of Rs. 2,80,890/- has been generated so far by disposal of waste/ scrap. About 8228 Sq. ft. space has been freed due to scrap disposal and weeding of files.

Disposal of pendency

350 Public Grievances and 105 Public Grievance Appeals, 15 MP References, 1 inter Ministry Reference (Cabinet Proposal) and 7 PMO references have been replied and disposed during this period.

Special Activities/ Events during the Special Campaign 5.0

Following activities have also been undertaken by this Department so far during the Special Campaign 5.0 for cleanliness and speedy disposal of the pendency:

 

 

 

The Special Campaign 5.0 is helping to bring about greater degree of awareness to maintain clean office environment, enhance productivity & expedite decision making and adopt measures for sustainable development and environmental protection. Department of Personnel & Training is committed to achieve the targets identified during the preparatory phase of Special Campaign 5.0 and make it a big success.

 

 

  1. Secretary, DoPT led the swachhta drive on Swachh Bharat Diwas, 2 October, 2025 at Grih Kalyan Kendra, Lodhi Road, New Delhi with all the officers and staff of DoPT, GKK and CCSCSB. She also led a plantation drive (Ek Ped Ma ke Naam) by all the officers and staff of the Department on this occasion. All safaimitras and school children received gifts and recognition of their efforts on the occasion.

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