The finance ministry’s Expenditure Departmentin an place of work memorandum, indexed out pointers for the problem of cell, computer, pill, phablet, pocket book, notepad, ultra-book, net-book or units of an identical classes to eligible officials for authentic paintings.
As in line with the tips, all central govt officials of the rank of deputy secretary and above will probably be entitled to such digital units.
In the case of Section Officers and Under Secretaries50% of the sanctioned power can also be issued on such units.
Regarding the price of the software, the place of work memorandum stated it might be Rs 1 lakh plus taxes. However, for units with a Make-in-India element of greater than 40%, the cost ceiling will probably be Rs 1.30 lakh plus taxes.
“No new device may be sanctioned to an officer who has already been allotted a device, in a ministry/department, up to 4 years except in case of repair, which is declared as ‘beyond economical repairs’,” the memorandum stated.
It additional stated put up crowning glory of 4 years of utilization, the officer shall retain the software.
“Concerned Ministry/Department shall ensure that the data in the device is completely wiped out (data sanitized) before the device is handed over to the officer for retention,” the memorandum stated.
The memorandum dated July 21, 2023, supersedes the sooner one, which was once issued on March 27, 2020, as in line with which the price of such units was once capped at Rs 80,000 and there was once no provision for retention of units for private use.