GOVERNMENT TO ASSESS BUREAUCRATS PERFORMANCE THRU PORTALS

The DoPT, in assistance with ministries, has installed three new software portals to assess the performance of Central government officers including IAS and IPS. They are named as Probity, Sparrow and Solve. Probity is the latest one and  was launched  a few days ago to assess the integrity and performance levels of officers.

It may be noted that the performance of all officers who have turned 50 or 55 or have completed 30 years of service are being assessed to decide whether they be allowed to continue in service or compulsorily retired. Since the number of officers under review is huge, it involves lot of paperwork at ministries and the submission of regular physical reports. The new ‘Probity’ portal makes the process completely online by which ministries can now submit their reports online for appraisal and assessment.

The Sparrow (smart performance appraisal report recording online window) system of the DoPT is being used to make the entire appraisal system online and accessible for review by the ministries concerned.

The DoPT recently extended ‘Sparrow’ from just the IAS cadre to 13 cadres, including the central secretariat services (CSS). An official said the idea is to make the ‘Probity’ and ‘Sparrow’ portals work in conjunction.

The third DoPT portal is ‘Solve’ –a system for online vigilance inquiry for board-level appointees.