Govt forms committee to revise form for filing property return

The Centre has formed a committee to simplify forms and the process for central government employees to file details of their assets and liabilities along with that of their spouses and dependent children as mandated by the Lokpal Act.
The committee, formed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), will examine the forms prescribed under the Lokpal rules for filing the returns and suggest necessary changes in them, official sources said.
The move comes following "genuine concerns and apprehensions" raised by some of the officials about posting of every information provided by them in public domain, the sources said.

The government may change the format of the form on the basis of the committee's recommendation, they said.
The DoPT had yesterday notified the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Amendment Rules, 2014, extending the date for the filing of such returns to December 31 from September 15.
As per the rules, notified under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, every public servant shall file declaration, information and annual returns pertaining to his assets and liabilities as on March 31 every year or on or before July 31 of that year.