The Personnel Ministry has promoted over 8,000 government officers belonging to three key secretariat services, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Friday.
He said orders for mass promotion of employees belonging to the Central Secretariat Service CSS Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service CSSS and Central Secretariat Clerical Service CSCS were issued.
The central secretariat's administrative functions are backboned by the three services of CSS, CSSS, and CSCS.
It was disheartening to see a government employee retire from service without getting his due promotion. Thanks to PM narendramodi ji for the kind decision. More than 8,000 Central Govt employees from CSS, CSSS CSCS cadres are being promoted by DoPT, according to a tweet from Singh, the Minister of State for Personnel.
Of the total of 8,089 promoted employees, 4,734 are from CSS, 2,966 from CSSS and 389 from CSCS, according to the details tweeted by the minister.
The Central Secretariat Service officers' association has protested the delay in their promotion, claiming that it was causing irreparable financial loss to them.
The CSS Forum, an association of CSS officers, wrote to the Secretary, the Department of Personnel and Training DoPT in support of their demand.