UP babus having sleepless nights readying PPTs for CM Adityanath Yogi

NEW DELHI: Government officials in Uttar Pradesh are facing a tough task preparing PowerPoint presentations of the works undertaken by their respective departments.

This series of presentations, which began on April 3, is an exercise meant to keep Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his ministers abreast of the exact status of works in progress and the future plans of each department in tune with the BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’.

Bureaucrats in the state are taking this painstaking exercise very seriously as it could turn out to be a measuring stick for the Yogi government to identify good officials.


The new government has so far avoided major reshuffle of bureaucrats in the state. “It will naturally help CM Yogi identify good officers who have the potential to deliver results in future,” a senior official pointed out. The chief minister has fixed three hours each day (from 6pm to 9pm) on different dates for all departments and this exercise will end on April 20.

However, the first presentation on April 3 by the Departments Higher, Secondary, Basic and Vocational Education took at least six hours. Sources in the UP government said these presentations are a massive exercise as each department has to collate a lot of information.

“First, you have to collect information about the tasks undertaken by your department over the past five years. Then, the problems the department faces in the implementation of its schemes should be highlighted. The presentation should contain the department’s achievements and its failures, besides the hurdles in implementing their schemes,” a source in the government said.

Besides being appraised of the status of work, Yogi also expects his officials to present their vision for the departments they head. “His message is clear –– that the state government’s limited resources should be utilised efficiently.

If you propose a new scheme, you are expected to explain the financial implications the scheme involves. Besides this, he expects officials to suggest ways to get maximum benefits from the Centre under the current situation,” another source, who was present during the April 3 PowerPoint presentation, said.