Summary:
Bengaluru, Sep 18 (PTI) The Karnataka government on Saturday restrained officials from going before the media to air their grievances or share opinions, other than for bonafide official purposes.
It also put a stop on officials using social media as a platform to project government or department achievements as personal achievements and asked them to use accounts or handles created in the name of the administration to share official information.
"Government officials making unwarranted statements through press statements and press conferences have come to the government"s notice.
As such incidents will have ill-effects on the administrative system and cause embarrassment to the government.
The government has viewed such conduct of the officials seriously," an official circular said.
Signed by Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar, it said, officials have hence been prohibited from making unwarranted statements through press statements and press conferences, other than for the purpose of performing bonafide official duties.