Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) along with their respective attached and subordinate offices have chalked-out a detailed action plan to make the Prime Minister’s ‘ Swachh Bharat’ programme a mass movement. Various steps have already been taken in this regard including creation of awareness among the staff to take pride in their premises and keep it neat and clean.

Revenue Secretary said that Department of Revenue is determined to make Swachh Bharat campaign a success in letter and spirit. A pledge ’Swachhta Shpath ‘ would be administered to all the officers and staff on 2nd October, 2014.This pledge would be preceded on the previous day by all the personnel cleaning-up their desks and office space as well as help in cleaning the premises outside their rooms. These efforts for cleanliness would be continued vigorously and monitored regularly by the senior officers.

The detailed action plan of the Department would be announced after the pledge on 2nd October, 2014 which would include among others awareness creation strategies like essay competition, cartoon, debate and skit competition etc. Topics like ‘ My contribution to cleanliness of my office’ and ‘Innovative Steps to keep my office neat and clean’ etc. will be included which will encourage good habits in the staff to involve them actively in this mass campaign. The action plan would also include time bound Division/section wise plans for completing the task of weeding-out of old and obsolete files and records among others.

Departmental participation in cleanliness programme with pledge, staff cleaning duties and monitored time bound records weeding. Departmental directive requires active participation of the Department of Revenue, CBDT, CBEC and their attached and subordinate offices in the national cleanliness initiative, with a Swachhta Shpath pledge to all officers and staff. Preparatory individual and collective cleaning of desks, office spaces and surrounding premises is mandated, with ongoing cleanliness activities to be vigorously continued and regularly monitored by senior officers. The ensuing action plan will include awareness measures and time bound division/section wise weeding of old and obsolete files and records.