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Cover Story Sankalp years
Shakti of

LIFE CERTIFICATE
For India to be able to make
As against 6.01 lakh in 2014-
full use of its potential, it is
Launched in 2015, more than 7 crore
necessary that no Indian November 2014. certificates were issued by
March 2023.
should lack opportunities.
Making modern technology
INTERVIEWS ABOLISHED
accessible and affordable to all
is the biggest medium for this. Abolished interview for all Group C, D, and non-gazetted
Group B jobs from January 1, 2016.
Our government is constantly
working for the democratization
of technology. GEM PORTAL

Government procurement also used to be
a major source of corruption in the country.
The transformation was done in the public
procurement process to make it transparent
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister and corruption free. Since 2016, Government
Departments, and PSUs are making purchases
through the e-Marketplace (GeM) portal.
Due to this, there has been success in ending
corruption in the country and the government
procurement system has been improved.

In the financial year
2022-23, over Rs 2 lakh
SELF ATTESTATION crore purchases were
made, and by March
Following the principle of 'Minimum Government - Maximum 2023 purchases worth
Governance', the Government of India introduced the facility Rs 3.38 lakh crore were
of self-certification for documents in June 2016. Recruitment made.
agencies now issue appointment letters on submission of
self-attested documents. In the old system, one had to go
to gazetted officers to get the documents certified. There
was scope for corruption in this.

IT-FACELESS

In August 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
three major tax reforms under the platform 'Transparent
Taxation - Honoring the Honest' - Faceless Assessment,
Faceless Appeal, and Taxpayers' Charter to reduce tax
disputes. Due to this, the taxpayer does not have to go
to the officer in most of the cases. Arrangements have
been made that there should be no face-to-face contact
between the tax officer and the taxpayer. This reduced the
scope of corruption a lot.

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