Ramban Administration organises day-long workshop for DDOs

RAMBAN, November 03: District Administration, Ramban, under the aegis of Deputy Commissioner,   Baseer-Ul-Haq Chaudhary, on Friday organized a day long capacity building workshop for Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDO)s, here in collaboration with the Directorate of Audit and Inspection, Jammu as a part of observance of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week’. 

Sensitizing the DDOs about various extant rules and regulations of Finances Department, the District Vigilance Officer, (ADC) Ramban, Harbans Lal said that   Vigilance Awareness Week is being observed to foster collective participation by all stakeholders in the fight against corruption and to raise public awareness about the existence, causes, gravity, and the looming threat of corruption.

The District Administration is taking a variety of measures to prioritize accountability, transparency and   zero tolerance against corruption, he said and added that enforcement agencies are there to deal with any sort of corrupt practices.

Meanwhile, Senior Accounts Officer, Mohammed Munir along with his team from the Directorate  of Audit and Inspection, Jammu gave a presentation on the purchase manual, GFR, 2017 and roles and responsibilities of DDOs’ in respect of incurring expenditure in Government offices.

All the District officers   had a detailed interaction with Audit officers on various issues like Budget preparation, Reconciliation, Clearance Certificate, Physical verification, Tendering, GeM Purchasing, Service Books maintenance, Local funds, Record maintenance, and Security Deposit.

Continuing the activities under Vigilance Awareness Week, other Departments of the District Administration also organized signature campaigns against corruption under the theme “Say no to corruption; commit to the Nation”.