Over 400 IAS,IPS officials furnish asset details in Bihar

PATNA: Facing the prospect of their salaries being withheld due to non-declaration of assets, government employees in Bihar, including over 400 IAS and IPS officers, have furnished their details ahead of the February 28 deadline, officials said today.

Out of around four lakh government employees, most of the them, have submitted their asset details to the concerned drawing and disbursal officers in compliance with a recent government circular directing them to make public their assets, Principal Secretary (General Administration) Deepak Kumar told media here.

The remaining government employees were also likely to follow suit ahead of the February 28 deadline, he said.

The assets details of the government employees would be compiled upon receipt of information from all district and will be posted on the website for public viewing, Kumar said.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after taking up office for the second term last year had issued a circular directing the state government employees to submit their assets details by February 28 to bring in transparency in governance.

They were warned that their salaries will be withheld if they failed to furnish the details within the stipulated time frame.

Kumar and his council of ministers had themselves declared their asset details by December 31.