<p>You may not have to run from pillar to post to get a domicile or income certificate. A self-declaration document signed by you would be sufficient.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The state government is mulling over giving legal sanctity to self-declaration documents for income, domicile and even caste proof among others. At present, one has to get these certificates from taluk office or from block development officers.<br /><br />The measure is part of a recommendation made by a committee headed by Law Minister T B Jayachandra to usher in reforms in administration and simplify procedures of government services.<br /><br />“Why should we make citizens visit various offices, attest scores of certificates to avail themselves of the benefit of the government schemes. We are thinking of making self-declaration documents suffice instead of certificates,” Jayachandra said. <br /><br />The revenue department issues more than 40 different certificates ranging from residence certificate, living certificate, agricultural labour certificate, non-creamy layer certificate, displacement certificate, unemployment certificate, small and marginal farmer certificate among others.<br /><br />Self-declarations<br /><br />The minister said departments can cross-check the veracity of the self-declarations on their own. <br /><br />“Submitting a false self-declaration is a crime. The same penal action can be taken as for submitting a false certificate,” Jayachandra pointed out.<br /><br />He said the committee will soon work out the modalities of some of the duties entrusted to deputy commissioners to lower rung officials in the revenue department. <br /><br />“We did a count and found that a deputy commissioner has to chair some 110 committees. How is it possible to function properly under such work load ?” Jayachandra asked.<br /><br />Congress MLA Priyank Kharge, a member of the committee, said the panel has sought information about various schemes from different departments. “We will study the schemes and suggest measures to ensure that benefits of the programmes directly reach the people,” he added.<br /><br />Kharge said the panel will also suggest measures to curb duplicity of work in departments and usher in accountability and transparency in the system. The committee is next scheduled to meet on November 21, he said.<br /></p>
<p>You may not have to run from pillar to post to get a domicile or income certificate. A self-declaration document signed by you would be sufficient.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The state government is mulling over giving legal sanctity to self-declaration documents for income, domicile and even caste proof among others. At present, one has to get these certificates from taluk office or from block development officers.<br /><br />The measure is part of a recommendation made by a committee headed by Law Minister T B Jayachandra to usher in reforms in administration and simplify procedures of government services.<br /><br />“Why should we make citizens visit various offices, attest scores of certificates to avail themselves of the benefit of the government schemes. We are thinking of making self-declaration documents suffice instead of certificates,” Jayachandra said. <br /><br />The revenue department issues more than 40 different certificates ranging from residence certificate, living certificate, agricultural labour certificate, non-creamy layer certificate, displacement certificate, unemployment certificate, small and marginal farmer certificate among others.<br /><br />Self-declarations<br /><br />The minister said departments can cross-check the veracity of the self-declarations on their own. <br /><br />“Submitting a false self-declaration is a crime. The same penal action can be taken as for submitting a false certificate,” Jayachandra pointed out.<br /><br />He said the committee will soon work out the modalities of some of the duties entrusted to deputy commissioners to lower rung officials in the revenue department. <br /><br />“We did a count and found that a deputy commissioner has to chair some 110 committees. How is it possible to function properly under such work load ?” Jayachandra asked.<br /><br />Congress MLA Priyank Kharge, a member of the committee, said the panel has sought information about various schemes from different departments. “We will study the schemes and suggest measures to ensure that benefits of the programmes directly reach the people,” he added.<br /><br />Kharge said the panel will also suggest measures to curb duplicity of work in departments and usher in accountability and transparency in the system. The committee is next scheduled to meet on November 21, he said.<br /></p>
