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- The Government of India, through the Finance Ministry's Department of Expenditure, has issued an office memorandum enforcing a 'One Officer, One Official Car' policy for the bureaucracy.
- Under the new rules, an officer who already has a government vehicle will not be given a second one even if they take on additional charge in another ministry, department, PSU or autonomous body.
- Officers are also barred from using vehicles of PSUs, autonomous bodies or quasi-government organisations, except when on official duty at those institutions, and unused government vehicles are to be kept securely.
- The move, which strengthens September 2022 guidelines, aims to curb misuse of government vehicles, cut fuel and maintenance costs, and improve fiscal discipline and administrative transparency across all central ministries and departments.
What to watch next
- How strictly central ministries and departments comply with the new memorandum
- Whether officers with additional charges give up second vehicles or seek exemptions
- Any visible reduction in spending on government vehicle fuel and maintenance
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