New Delhi, March 30 — Long stays of officers in ministries foster corruption and must be curbed by enforcing the prescribed time limits, a parliamentary panel has said.
In its 145th report on the Department of Personnel and Training’s (DoPT) demands for grants (2025-26), tabled in Parliament on March 27, the panel noted that officers in sensitive and economic ministries often continue their postings for over eight to nine years, defying rotational policies.
The panel highlighted cases where officers had “manoeuvred” their postings, spending their entire careers in a single ministry, and called for immediate corrective measures. It stressed that all transfers should strictly follow the prescribed tenure, with no officer exceeding the time limit.
The report also flagged similar concerns in the Central Secretariat Services (CSS) and Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Services (CSSS), where gazetted officers are rotated every three years between sensitive and non-sensitive positions. It urged the government to plug these loopholes without delay.
