Babus not joining: Nilekani
Unique Identification Authority of India chairman Nandan Nilekani, in his complaint to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, gave instances of how the reluctance of certain ministries to release their officers was making the work of the UIDAI difficult.
He elaborated the trend with examples. The note to the Cabinet Committee on UIDAI stated: “At the level of deputy director-general at headquarters, though the persons for all posts were identified, the process of issuing orders and their reporting has not yet been completed, with the result that only four out of seven have joined so far. At the field level, only two have joined, and the remaining six posts of DDGs at the regional offices remain vacant.” This newspaper, in a February report, had noted that in the six months since the UIDAI had been constituted, messages had been sent thrice to department heads in Union ministries and state chief secretaries to nominate joint secretary-level officers for the post of DDGs at the authority’s five regional offices.
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