General Administration Ministry takes action against 103 employees

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, June 12: The Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration has taken action against 103 employees for their failure to be present in the office in time.

Upon instruction from Minister Aman Lal Modi, secretary of the Ministry Dr. Krishna Hari Pushkar has conducted a cross check of the presence of the employees in the ministry on Monday.

In the course of cross check, 103 employees were found not present in the office by 10:15 am, 15 minutes after the start of the office hour.

A red singed has been placed on the presence record of the employees who were not present by that time.

Of those who faced the action include one joint secretary, 12 under-secretary, 36 section officer, 41 non-gazetteer officer. Some assistant level employees have also been punished for the lack of punctuality, according to the secretariat of Minister Modi.

"Our first priority is to maintain good governance," said Minister Modi, according to the secretariat, after initiating actions against employees of his ministry, "We have started to mark red in the presence register of the employees who do not present in office by 10:15 am and will continue it."