<p>Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today asked the bureaucracy to immediately put the administration back on track to dispel the general perception that it had collapsed in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I want the bureaucracy to pull up their socks and put in place the administration. The general perception is that it has collapsed in the previous BJP rule. I want officials to make a drastic change in the administration in the next six months or else, strict action will be taken against them," he warned top bureaucrats attending a high-level meeting here.<br /><br />Siddaramaiah said he wanted a drastic change in the administration in the next six months.<br /><br />He also took exception to several departments not submitting utilisation certificates to the Centre over utilisation of funds allotted through central schemes.<br /><br />"Without utilisation certificates we cannot get additional central grants," he said.<br /><br />He said government is committed to correct utilisation of central funds in MGNREGA scheme as the state had got a bad name due to large-scale irregularities in its utilisation under the scheme during the BJP rule.</p>
<p>Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today asked the bureaucracy to immediately put the administration back on track to dispel the general perception that it had collapsed in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"I want the bureaucracy to pull up their socks and put in place the administration. The general perception is that it has collapsed in the previous BJP rule. I want officials to make a drastic change in the administration in the next six months or else, strict action will be taken against them," he warned top bureaucrats attending a high-level meeting here.<br /><br />Siddaramaiah said he wanted a drastic change in the administration in the next six months.<br /><br />He also took exception to several departments not submitting utilisation certificates to the Centre over utilisation of funds allotted through central schemes.<br /><br />"Without utilisation certificates we cannot get additional central grants," he said.<br /><br />He said government is committed to correct utilisation of central funds in MGNREGA scheme as the state had got a bad name due to large-scale irregularities in its utilisation under the scheme during the BJP rule.</p>