July,19,2016:
Proposed changes are being brought in All India Service (Conduct) Rules, 1968.
Soon Bureaucrats will be allowed to participate freely on the social media like Facebook, Twitter and also Linkedin but still criticism of government will still be a strict no-no.
The draft rules which have been issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) bars officers from making any "criticism of the government" on television and social media or any other communication app which includes a "caricature".
The proposed rules allows the civil servants to accept simple and inexpensive entertainment events which are arranged by the public bodies or institutions. But they will have to declare before government precise details about the household equipments, automobiles or any other means of conveyance if their value exceed two months basic pay. These proposed rules are part of changes that are proposed in All India Service (Conduct) Rules, 1968, which will be applicable to all three India Services--IAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service (IFoS).There is also a proposal to expand the ambit of rules that check upon criticism of government.
The members of the services shall not criticize the Government including its policy and action or cause embarrassment in Centre's relations with state and other foreign countries governments on mediums such as TV, social media or any other communication apps.
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