Centre planning to replicate Gujarat's online posting system

NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to put in place an online system to post the most suitable officers to various positions and keep track of all upcoming vacancies in the bureaucracy, replicating an initiative conceived by Narendra Modi in Gujarat when he was chief minister of the state.

The Gujarat government on September 9 gave a presentation on Human Resources Management System ( HRMS) at a meeting called by Jitendra Singh, the MoS in Prime Minister’s Office and ministry of personnel.

The central team was so impressed that it decided to look at the possibility of implementing the HRMS, which was launched by Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel on August 12.

“The possibility of replicating the best principles of HRMS for manpower planning and human resources development by the state governments and the Centre was deliberated so that suitability of officers for various posts could be adjudged,” the minutes of the meeting (MoM) read.

The Centre could work further on a database of officials built by it lately for the purpose of an attendance monitoring system. The system also tracks all upcoming vacancies due to retirements to ensure a proper succession plan and its built-in performance appraisal system ensures the government is able to asses various candidates. The database is accessible to all departments, and applications being processed are leave, pay roll, performance management, promotion and training can be tracked by the system.

Meanwhile, at the September 9 meeting with officers from all states, the secretary (personnel) Sanjay Kothari stressed on the need for promoting a citizen-centric and transparent administration which provides maximum information for public.

“Accordingly, draft rules and policies should not only be put on the website but comments of the users should also be invited and suggestions incorporated, wherever possible,” Kothari said, as per the (MoM).