After education, other depts to have online transfer policy too

Parvesh Sharma

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, August 25

After getting positive response for online teacher transfer policy, the state government is likely to bring a similar policy for non-teaching staff of the Education Department and employees of other departments as well. Education and PWD Minister Vijay Inder Singla confirmed that discussions for same were going on.

“With the successful implementation of the online teacher transfer policy, our government is discussing to implement it in other departments also. Since all online transfers are done without any official intervention, it helps greatly to end corruption. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his team are committed to end corruption,” said Singla, who was in Sangrur to attend a function in Improvement Trust on the joining of new chairman Naresh Gaba.

He said like Education Department, where schools have been divided into five zones for the purpose with detailed criteria laid down to decide claims for transfers, the government wanted to make similar arrangements in other departments also.

Meanwhile, he criticised BJP leader and MP Subramanian Swamy for the latter’s statement advocating halting of the Kartarpur corridor work. He said the statement had hurt lakhs of residents, who had been praying for the opening of the corridor.

“I do not know why Swamy spoke against corridor, but it has hurt the sentiments of not only Sikhs, but other communities also as all want to visit Kartarpur Sahib” alleged Singla.

About floods, the minister stated that the government was taking all required steps to help flood-affected residents. “The CMis taking direct feedback daily from the field staff,” he said.