Cabinet decisions and notes to be uploaded to official Websites

RTIThiruvananthapuram: The government has ordered that orders and circulars issued pursuant to Cabinet decisions by government departments should be uploaded to official Websites along with copies of the proceedings and the notes submitted to the Cabinet.

The order, issued by Chief Secretary S. M. Vijayanand on Wednesday, directs that the uploading should be done immediately after the orders or circulars are issued, if possible on the same day.

The order specifies that the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department would make necessary amendments in the Kerala Secretariat Office Manual to this effect.

The government had issued an order in June directing that the orders on Cabinet decisions should be issued within 48 hours of the decisions and that they should immediately be uploaded to official websites.  

It also specified procedures to be followed in detail in preparing Cabinet notes and placing it before the Cabinet for decision. However, the order had not said that the Cabinet notes and proceedings should be uploaded.

GO on uploading of Cabinet decisions (PDF)

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