In a significant development, the Union government has approved the mass promotion of over 8,000 employees belonging to three important secretariat services. On Friday, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh stated that orders for mass promotion have been issued for the employees of the Central Secretariat Service (CSS),  Central Secretariat Clerical Service (CSCS), and Central Secretariat Stenographers’ Service (CSSS). Notably, these three services, CSS, CSCS, and CSSS, constitute the administrative foundation of the central secretariat.

“It was disheartening to see government employee attaining retirement from service without getting his due promotion. Thanks PM @narendramodi ji for the kind decision…. #DoPT orders mass promotion of more than 8,000 Central Govt Employees from #CSS, #CSSS & #CSCS cadres [sic],” Singh wrote in a Twitter post.