For the first time in the country, the Ashok Gehlot government of Rajasthan will implement the "Accountability Law". The law is ready, it will be implemented in the new year. The accountability law covers 220 services from 25 departments. The Gehlot government is trying to curb the arbitrariness of government officials and employees through the accountability law and providing relief to the common people. A year ago, soon after assuming power, CM Gehlot announced the fixing of responsibility of government officials and employees. For this, he said that for the first time in the country, the state should make an accountability law.
Gehlot set up a high-level committee to draft the law. The committee has drafted the law as per Gehlot's intention. Now this law will be approved in the meeting of the state cabinet in the new year. This law included Panchayati Raj, Jalade, Autonomous Governance, Public Works, Irrigation, Energy, Food and Civil Supplies, Transport, Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing, Local Bodies, Social Justice and Empowerment, Education, Medicine, Devasthan, Rural Development, Forests, Roadways Services related to Adi departments and District Collectorate office are included.
State's Autonomous Governance Minister Shanti Dhariwal claims that for the first time in the country, such a law will be implemented in Rajasthan. He said that the guarantee of services and accountability of officers have been included in this law. Under the accountability law, a hearing will be held at every panchayat committee and municipal level in the state. For this information and cooperation centers will be established at the panchayat samiti and municipal level. A committee will be constituted under the subdivision officer. This committee will hear problems related to common people including water, electricity, toilet, road, ration, birth certificate, death certificate, caste certificate, widow pension, driver's license.
After the hearing, it will be the responsibility of the officials of the departments concerned to redress the complaints. If the complaint is not resolved in a month after the hearing, action will be taken against the officer concerned. After one month, the District Vigilance Committee will hear the complaint. In the district level committee, the disposal of cases will have to be done at the scheduled time, if any officer or employee defer to it, then he will be punished.
The committee included retired IAS officer Ramlubhaya, social activist Nikhil Dey, Prof. Devendra Kothari along with collectors of the districts of Alwar and Udaipur. According to the suggestion of social activist Aruna Rai, CM Gehlot had asked the committee to add departments and services to be brought under the purview of the law. The committee has drafted the law taking the opinion of representatives, lawyers, professors and common people of various social organizations of the country and the state. It is worth mentioning that in his last tenure, Gehlot had implemented the right to information for the first time in the country in Rajasthan.
