Rs 117 cr earned from 2 weeks of ‘Swachhata’ campaign: Dr Jitendra

New Delhi, Oct 17: The government has earned an impressive revenue of more than Rs 117 crore in the first two weeks of the ongoing Special Swachhata Campaign 3.0, just by disposing of scrap, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.
He said this after reviewing the progress of the campaign at the end of the first two weeks. “In addition, this has also resulted in making available office space measuring 32.54 lakh square feet of space having been cleared and made available for use after clearing the junk,” the minister said.
Dr Jitendra commended the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), being the nodal agency, while reviewing the progress of Week 2 of Special Campaign 3.0 here. He appreciated the progress achieved in minimizing pendency and institutionalizing Swachata in the period October 2-14, 2023, during the campaign that is being implemented in all Government offices across the country.
Dr Singh said the massive participation is being witnessed across Ministries/Departments and their field/outstation offices. He reiterated the focus of the campaign is to cover offices with a public interface. He urged Ministries/Departments to adopt a saturation approach in the implementation of the Campaign to cover all outstation offices/defence establishments and PSUs in all parts of the country.
The Special Campaign 3.0, in its second week, has been holistic in size and scale and witnessed widespread participation from offices across the country. More than 1.47 lakh sites have been covered and 32.54 lakh square feet of space has been freed. The efforts of thousands of officials and citizens have created a mass movement for Swachhata in government offices.
The Special Campaign 3.0 has been reviewed by Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and Secretaries to the Government of India providing leadership and guidance in implementation.
Field visits to Central Govt. Offices in Mumbai – Western Naval Command HQ, Textile Commissioner Officer, Addl. DGFT Office, GPO Mumbai, CSMT Mumbai Railway Station were undertaken by Secretary, DARPG Shri V. Srinivas on 12th October 2023.
The Progress of Special Campaign 3.0 is monitored on a dedicated portal (https://scdpm.nic.in/) on a daily basis. Regular review meetings are held under the Chairmanship of Secretary DARPG with nodal officers to review the progress of the campaign. The Special Campaign 3.0 has gained significant traction in social media with over 6,000 tweets by Ministries/Departments, 450 tweets by the DARPG handle, 450 infographics on #SpecialCampaign3.0 and the issue of 150 press releases.
Upto the 2nd week of Special Campaign 3.0 from 2nd-14th October 2023, the following progress has been achieved: Swachhata Campaign sites 1,47,757, Records management files reviewed (physical files + e-Files) 17,92,630, Space freed (lakh sq ft) 32.54, Revenue earned (Rs. In Crore) 117.33, etc.
Amongst the best practices that emerged in the second week of Special Campaign 3.0: Department of Posts: Wall art at Bengaluru Post Office.Ministry of Culture: Tree House at Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, Department of Telecommunications: Independent Public Grievance Dashboard, Department of Land Resources: Lectures on Health & Wellbeing.
Dr Jitendra Singh appreciated the reduction in pendency over the years through the adoption of a Special Campaign and called on all officials to sustain the momentum to achieve 75% targets by end of Week 3. Special Campaign 3.0 concludes on October 31, 2023, with the beginning of Evaluation phase in the first week of November.