Tuesday, October 21, 2014

IAS officers hestitant to declare their assets

Times of India: Lucknow: Tuesday, October 21, 2014.
Less than 7% Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers have filed online property returns.
In response to an RTI query by activist Sanjay Sharma, ministry of personnel, PG and Pension, DoPT, Government of India, said, "Total 311 IAS officers have filed online property returns in the prescribed format as mentioned in Lokpal and Lokayukta Act.
Authorized strength of IAS is 6,270. Out of which, 4,619 officers are in service. 311 officers who have disclosed their movable and immovable assets is only 6.73% of the total number of officers in service.