Minister: Decision over recruiting govt officers under Grades 13-20 via PSC within 3 months

The decision over the recruiting of government officials under 13th to 20th grade through the Public Service Commission (PSC) will be taken within three months after reviewing the recommendations of the committee, said Public Administration Minister Farhad Hossain on Tuesday.

“A committee has been formed led by the Additional Secretary of the ministry which submitted a report on January 11 recommending recruitment of government officials under 13th -20th grade through PSC. A scrutiny is underway in this regard,” he said during a dialogue organized by the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum (BSRF).

BSRF president Fasih Uddin Mahtab and its general secretary Masudul Haque administered the program.

“We’ll take a final decision over it as there was some complexity in it as well as some technical problem,” he said.

Mentioning about the purchasing of 261 vehicles for the field-level officers, the minister said “We have enough work. Of these, 61 will be allocated for DCs while the rest for UNOs and the UNOs should work properly. But they need vehicles. Each vehicle will be purchased at Tk35,38,720. Government has to provide tax Tk1,10,31,280. NBR and the Finance Ministry got the money.”

Referring to the punishment of government officials, some 121 government officials have been punished in the past ten years.

From 2019 to 2024, investigations were carried out against 178 government officials under Grade-1 to Grade-9 and divisional cases were filed against them, he said.

Among the 178 government officials, the highest punitive action was taken against 22 people, light punishment against 69 and 77 were relieved from the charges, said the minister.

From 2014 to 2014, allegations have been brought against 351 government officials from grade-1 to grade-9 over the past ten years. Of them, 41 received severe punishment and 140 received light punishment while 170 were discharged, he added.

Source: UNB