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Mr. Patil, who held a meeting with the secretaries of various departments in the morning, said the officials had been instructed to clear all pending files without delay. Most of the pending files were related to policy matters and public problems. However, the files related to court cases and disciplinary actions against officials would be disposed of later, he added. As part of administrative reforms, a files monitoring system had been introduced in the secretariat. The files would be monitored through a computer system every month to avoid undue delay in taking decisions, he said. Mr. Patil was worried over the delay in the simplification of rules and regulations by a few departments. The departments of Law, Information Technology, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, Social Welfare, Home, Education, Transport, and Finance had done nothing to simplify the rules. Those of Health, Agriculture, and Planning had, however, introduced many administrative reforms, he said. To simplify the rules, a committee headed by the Additional Chief Secretary, K.K. Mishra, had been constituted. The committee would submit a report to him suggesting the action to be taken to simplify the administrative process. It would also identify five major departments for further simplification of rules. The rules would be amended based on the response from the public to the services provided by the departments, he said On the Right to Information Act, the Chief Secretary said most of the departments had not implemented it, and the people were unaware of their rights. To implement the Act strictly, the secretaries had been directed to hold meetings of the officials at their respective departments before July 31, to find out the hurdles in its enforcement. He said the Government had started the midday meal scheme with the intention of increasing the nutrition levels of poor students in rural areas. There was nothing wrong in the scheme. It was the duty of the Government to give quality food to schoolchildren. But the gram panchayat-level officials and the teachers served them food carelessly without even tasting it. The Government would not spare any official responsible for the food poisoning suffered by the schoolchildren in Davangere, Chikmagalur, and Dharwad districts. Strict disciplinary action would be taken against them as soon as the reports were received from the deputy commissioners. All deputy commissioners would be called for a review for improving the quality of food and for properly implementing the scheme. He said the Government had issued strict guidelines to the officials involved in the implementation of the scheme. On the hospitalisation of students following consumption of poor quality food, he said the Government would bear their medical expenses. Mr. Patil asked the parents and the officials to cooperate with the Government to execute the scheme effectively. To a question on the dismissal of more than 4,000 government employees under the rural weightage scheme, he said the Government would chalk out a plan of action after the Supreme Court pronounced its verdict on the review petition filed by it. ``The Government is sympathetic towards the employees. Some alternative steps will be taken to accommodate them,'' he said.
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