50% staff to attend govt office, HoDs to prepare roster: DoPT

NEWDELHI: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Monday issued fresh guidelines saying 50% of staff below the deputy secretary level will attend offices on alternate days.

It has instructed the department heads to prepare rosters to ensure staggered timings for the junior staffers. Since April, officers of the deputy secretary rank and above were attending offices daily.

The DoPT, the Centre’s coordinating agency, had last month allowed only 33% junior staffers to return to work. The government on Sunday extended the lockdown until May 31. It has also eased curbs on private offices that were previously allowed to function with 33% staff strength while making the wearing of mask mandatory along with social distancing norms.