The information revolution that has made giant strides across the spectrum has so far had to tread softly in the corridors of power and bureaucracy. Now, the state’s general administration department (GAD) has seemingly plucked up, as it is in the process of putting service track records and biodata of babus online, to ensure easy access for their bosses with regard to postings, transfers and promotions. Accordingly, the GAD led by Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan has decided to create online profiles of 1.10 lakh gazetted officers and first use of this will be made during state-wide routine transfers due this month.

GAD’s gift
This is going to help the higher-ups at Mantralaya in a big way as the age-old procedure of summoning details of any bureaucrat related to his track record, previous postings and biodata from his parent office would take up considerable time, even a few months in some cases, said a senior government official.