NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for creation of seven posts of Principal Director and 36 posts of Director on regular basis in the Armed Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) Civil Service, Ministry of Defence as part of restructuring.
Briefing the press after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said creation of regular posts in the AFHQ Civil Service will alleviate stagnation the cadre and would be in the interest of better cadre management and improve efficiency of the service.
”This would be an innovative measure entailing no additional cost but would bring benefits from the perspective of cadre management and enable its better utilisation,” he added.
The creation of regular posts in the place of “in situ” promotions would ensure more transparency in cadre management. Assigning of higher responsibilities on regular posts will result in greater productivity and accountability with respect to AFHQ CS officers. (AGENCIES)
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