Lucknow: After banning mobile phones in meeting, asking officials to report on duty by 9 a.m, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has now come up with another new diktat — no officials will henceforth accept any gift from anyone.
A circular to this effect has been issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Sachivalaya administration) Mahesh Gupta.
According to the circular, no person will be allowed to enter the Sachivalaya (state assembly) and other buildings that house government offices with gifts of any kind, and government employees will not accept any gifts without prior permission of higher authorities.
All Ministers in the state government have also been apprised of the circular.
Gifts have, over the years, been a perfect form of bribe for government employees. Calendars in the New Year, dry fruits on Holi and silverware on Diwali has been known to be distributed among government personnel. Besides, gift boxes to celebrate weddings are also a common practice.
A class 3 level government employee said that the order was “unfair”.
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