THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reminded the employees of the Secretariat that they need dedication and readiness to serve people. He also told them that files are not moving fast enough. The Chief Minister was addressing the Under Secretaries in the Law, Finance and Public Administration Departments to Special Secretaries with an aim to streamline the administration.

"Speed cannot be introduced by issuing a government order. Officials are able to complete only 50 percent of the pending files," the CM said.

The Chief Minister started his speech by extolling that corruption has been kept out of the Secretariat. "There is also a culture that leaves no room for bribery. However, officials are not fast enough," he said.

"Great progress has been achieved in governance in the last seven years. The government is moving forward with sincere policies and plans. The interest of the people and the state guides the ministry. The government thinks that the prepared projects should be implemented quickly. The success of the projects should be reflected in people's lives and the face of the country. For this, the administration should be speedy. Some of the projects included in the budget are yet to be implemented. The situation where the Chief Minister and other ministers should call up meetings for the project implementation to move to the practical level should change. ," he added.

No coordination

• No system for coordinated work between departments
• Officials have the responsibility to ensure the civil service that the people want
• A file which should be settled in one department is sent to another department for comment
• The decision is delayed due to unnecessary notes being made in the file going to the finance department
• Initial laziness shown in files involved in court cases is an issue
• Finally, the order will be issued in a hurry. Even the Chief Secretary has to go to court

54.76% till March last year

The Chief Minister said in the Assembly on February 9 that only 54.76 per cent of the files pending in the Secretariat have been resolved. This is the figure till March 31 last year.

Total files- 17,45,294

Resolved- 9,55,671.

More pending files

Expatriate Affairs Department 86.11 %.

Less pending files

Information Public Relations Department 30.36 %