India, Sept. 17 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, has released the 25th edition of its monthly 'Secretariat Reforms' report for August 2025. The report provides an extensive analysis of the ongoing initiatives aimed at transforming governance and administration through (i) Swachhata and Reducing Pendency to Minimum Levels (ii) Increasing Efficiency in Decision Making, (iii) e-Office Implementation and Analytics,
This edition includes the following:
Best Practices under "Efficient Management of Office Spaces"
In Focus: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW)
Cabinet Secretariat Directions on e-Office Implementation
Key Highlights of the August 2025 Report:
* Swachhata & Reduction in Pendency:
Cleanliness drives were conducted successfully at 5,545 sites nationwide.
Approximately 4.78 lakh sq. ft of office space has been freed, with top contributors being the Ministry of Railways (1,79,293 sq. ft) and Ministry of Coal (1,25,988 sq. ft).
Rs 74.44 Crore in revenue generated from scrap disposal, with significant contributions from Ministries such as Railways; Coal and Heavy Industries
Effective record management saw 62,811 physical files reviewed, with 34,681 files weeded out.
Disposal of 4,37,813 public grievances (84.41% disposed of total), along with the disposal of 1,216 MP references, 242 state government references.
Table Omitted (The document can be viewed at https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2167780 )
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