T.N. orders merging of govt. data centre and pension directorate with treasuries dept.

T.N. orders merging of govt. data centre and pension directorate with treasuries dept.

The Hindu Bureau

CHENNAI 17.11.2024 

The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order to merge the Directorate of Pension and the Government Data Centre with the Treasuries and Accounts Department, under the administrative control of the Finance Department.

After the merger, the independent operations of the Directorate of Pension and the Government Data Centre would be carried out by the separate wings of the Treasuries and Accounts Department, a government order issued by Finance Secretary T. Udhayachandran said.

It was decided that the functional efficiency of the Treasuries and Accounts Department, the Government Data Centre, and the Directorate of Pension and Small Savings Department would be improved by restructuring them, the order added.

The Pension and Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) wing would perform the functions of the Directorate of Pension and the Government Data Centre, under the control of an Additional Director in the Commissionerate of Treasuries and Accounts. After the merger, the retained employees would continue to work on the same premises at the Perasiriyar K. Anbalagan Maaligai, under the control of the Commissioner of Treasuries and Accounts/ex-officio Director of Pension, the order added.

The Commissioner of Treasuries and Accounts would be the Budgeting, Controlling and Reconciling Officer, and necessary budget provisions would continue to be provided for the merged wings, it said.

The Commissioner of Treasuries and Accounts/ex-officio Director of Pension may send necessary proposals for further rationalisation of posts and functions of these wings, the order further said.