The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, along with its two Public Sector Enterprises [Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA) and Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. (SECI)] and three autonomous institutes [National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) and Sardar Swarn Singh National Institute of Bio Energy (SSS-NIBE)] undertook various cleanliness activities under Special Campaign 3.0, during October 2 – 31, 2023. Periodic review meetings were also undertaken by senior officers. The campaign was undertaken by the government for improving Swachhata and for disposal of pending references, on the lines of the Special Campaigns held in 2021 and 2022 on the same theme. The Special Campaign 3.0 was done with a focus on field and outstation offices responsible for service delivery or those that have a public interface.
The Ministry laid special emphasis on maintenance of cleanliness in office premises including scrap disposal; weeding out old records, stationery, etc.; disposal of references from Hon'ble MPs, Parliamentary Assurances, State Govt. References, Public Grievances and PMO References; Record Management; freeing up office space and Easing of Rules / Processes.
The achievements during the Special Campaign 3.0 during October 2 – 31, 2023 are as follows.
100% Targets have been achieved in following categories:
- Public Grievances
- Public Grievance Appeals
- Physical files review
- E-files review
- Number of cleanliness campaigns
Other achievements are:
- 94.73% Target has been achieved in the category of “Reference from MPs”
- 3,743 physical files reviewed and 866 files weeded out
- 4,185 e-files reviewed and 796 e-files closed
- Revenue of Rs. 1,36,786/- generated through scrap Disposal
- Approx. 250 sq ft of space freed due to scrap disposal and weeding of files.