March 29th, 30th, 31st in an Government Office.
The
Government office normally closes as per the Government officer hour’s rules.
The officers, staff both clerical, the administrative staff runs to catch the
bus in time keeping aside the pending works and bills. The files and bills
payment piles up on the desk. PFMS works fantastically superfast. ERP works
smoothly. The Head of the office at the state and central levels releases
funds. So many signatures. The staff runs from one office to another office to
get the sign. Training within Training will be conducted or shown conducted to
book the expenditures. Many of the contractual staff's last day is also 31st
March.
Financial Year ends on the 31st
of March every year. The financial year is from 1st April of the current year
to 31st March of next year.
PFMS is the Public Finance
Management System. PFMS is brought across the Government departments to use
compulsorily to bring transparency to the payment. It tracks the payment made
to whom and when. It requires the concerned file and bills to be scanned and
updated to it. Funds available status and expenditure status from PIU
level or from cost center level can be tracked and individual payments and duplicated
payments can be traced.
The
Governments officials who sleep and purposely wait for the march last week woke
up from their slumber sleep. Instructs the subordinates to clear all the funds in
time. Necessary arrangements will be made in this regard.
The
Central and State Government funding agencies realize they are sitting on the
heap of money which is to be used for the development of the nation. They
release the funds on the 29th or 30th and even sometimes
on 31st March. What poor Government officials will do? Strict orders
not to lapse the released amount. They will try their best to spend the amount.
Now
all officers are staff run to clear the heap of files. All goes beyond regular
office time. The officer's thumbs become numb with so many signatures.
Tons of papers across India get
used for printing. Submit the documents to the bank, office copy, accounts copy
etc. PFMS slows down, ERP starts moving in slow motion.
People sit in the office to
upload in the PFMS before the time strikes 12.00 on 31st March.
Best
of luck.
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