Chandigarh: The central government has asked states to do away with affidavits for government-related work and promote self-attestation of documents.
Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal claimed yesterday that the centre’s directive was taken from the abolition of affidavits introduced in Punjab earlier under its administrative reforms programme.
Badal said the Punjab government had earlier implemented reforms by abolishing seeking of affidavits in all cases, except where there was statutory requirement.
“On the recommendations of Punjab Governance Reforms Commission (PGRC), the state government has done away with all affidavits for 89 services that were ‘local inventions’ and sought from citizens,” a Punjab government spokesman here said.
IANS
