03 July,2026 07:20 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Minister Ashish Shelar addresses the Maharashtra Assembly on Friday. PIC/X
The Maharashtra government will constitute a committee comprising members of both Houses of the state legislature to recommend measures for regulating transfers of government employees, ensuring faster disposal of official files and improving transparency in administration, General Administration Department Minister Ashish Shelar announced in the assembly on Friday.
Shelar made the announcement while replying to a discussion on the Maharashtra Government Employees Transfers Regulation and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a private member's Bill introduced by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Sudhir Mungantiwar.
During the discussion, Mungantiwar proposed that transfers of government employees should be carried out within the prescribed timelines under the existing rules and suggested the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to make the process more transparent and efficient.
He also called for the constitution of a committee to study the issue and recommended that files in the Mantralaya be disposed of expeditiously. Mungantiwar further proposed a 45-day deadline for ministers' offices to clear official files.
Responding to the discussion, Shelar said the government had introduced a policy regulating transfers of government employees in 2005, which has since been amended on several occasions. He added that the government has also adopted a confidential reporting system to assess the performance of employees.
The minister said the state has begun using AI to expedite file disposal and improve transparency in government functioning.
To further streamline employee transfers, enhance transparency and ensure quicker disposal of official files, the government will set up a committee comprising members of both the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council to submit recommendations, Shelar said.
The Maharashtra government has developed a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence platform in India, named âMaha AI - Maharashtra Hub for Advanced Artificial Intelligence', aimed at making governance more efficient, secure and citizen-centric, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said last month.
The initiative is expected to be rolled out across state departments soon and is designed to significantly speed up administrative processes, including drafting of official correspondence, preparation of notes and reports, translation of government documents, file summarisation, and retrieval of information from official databases and knowledge repositories.
