Secys want identification tags on official vehicles

Secretaries of different ministries and divisions now want identification tags for their official vehicles to flaunt their official status like other chiefs of different services.
The secretaries, administrative heads of ministries and divisions, also want new sports unity vehicles (SUVs) with a special colour so that the people can easily identify their official cars. They placed these demands at a secretary-level meeting held at the Cabinet Division yesterday, with Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam in the chair.
Some of the secretaries told this correspondent that chiefs of different services and even heads of some departments used cars with special stickers to showcase their status in public. They expressed regret that there was no such identification mark for their vehicles.  “In India, official vehicles of secretaries have special markings. Why should we remain deprived of such facilities?” they said.
A secretary said that the Cabinet secretary had assured them a proposal in this regard would be placed before the next secretary-level meeting, which would be held in January next year, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The Cabinet Division, in cooperation with some secretaries, would prepare a proposal of using identification tags for official vehicles of secretaries, the secretary said.
“District-level sub-divisional officers (SDOs) in erstwhile East Pakistan used to have such tags on their official vehicles. After Independence, however, the tag marks were withdrawn,” said a senior official of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). “At present, heads of some departments, ervices and the commissions are using the flags of their organisations in their official vehicles. But we don’t want such flags on our official vehicles. We only want a sticker to mark our official vehicles and the authorities concerned should do it,” he added. There are currently 74 senior secretaries and secretaries in civil bureaucracy.

 

Secys want identification tags on official vehicles

Secretaries of different ministries and divisions now want identification tags for their official vehicles to flaunt their official status like other chiefs of different services. The secretaries, administrative heads of ministries and divisions, also want new sports unity vehicles (SUVs) with a special colour so that the people can easily identify their official cars. They placed these demands at a secretary-level meeting held at the Cabinet Division yesterday, with Cabinet secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam in the chair. Some of the secretaries told this correspondent that chiefs of different services and even heads of some departments used cars with special stickers to showcase their status in public. They expressed regret that there was no such identification mark for their vehicles. In India, official vehicles of secretaries have special markings. Why should we remain deprived of such facilities? they said. A secretary said that the Cabinet secretary had assured them a proposal in this regard would be placed before the next secretary-level meeting, which would be held in January next year, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The Cabinet Division, in cooperation with some secretaries, would prepare a proposal of using identification tags for official vehicles of secretaries, the secretary said. District-level sub-divisional officers (SDOs) in erstwhile East Pakistan used to have such tags on their official vehicles. After Independence, however, the tag marks were withdrawn, said a senior official of the Prime Ministers Office (PMO). At present, heads of some departments, ervices and the commissions are using the flags of their organisations in their official vehicles. But we dont want such flags on our official vehicles. We only want a sticker to mark our official vehicles and the authorities concerned should do it, he added. There are currently 74 senior secretaries and secretaries in civil bureaucracy.