NITI Aayog is launching Special Campaign 5.0 to institutionalize Swachhata and minimize pendency, building upon the success of previous campaigns initiated by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) under Swachh Bharat in 2021. Special Campaign 4.0, undertaken from November 2024 to August 2025, aimed at the timely disposal of public grievances and references from various entities. NITI Aayog and its attached offices, including DMEO, AIM, and NIILERD in Narela, New Delhi, conducted this campaign. During the campaign, Public Grievances, Parliamentary Assurances, and PMO References gained momentum with 10,389 files reviewed, 720 identified for weeding out, and 1956 sqft of space freed. NITI Aayog successfully disposed of 100% of pending Public Grievance Petitions, PMO references, State Govt. references, and 3 Parliament Assurances. Campaign 5.0 will focus on liquidating pendency in MP's References, State Government References, Inter-Ministerial References, Parliamentary Assurances, PMO references, Public Grievances and PG Appeals, and weeding out redundant files, while also improving cleanliness, space management, and workplace experience. The release was posted on 24 SEP 2025 5:37PM by PIB Delhi (Release ID: 2170748). MJPS/SR/SKS is noted at the end.
Key Entities Referenced
NITI Aayog: Primary entity; hosts and spearheads the Special Campaign 5.0 for Swachhata and pendency reduction.
Special Campaign 5.0: Government initiative focused on institutionalizing Swachhata (cleanliness) and minimizing pendency in government offices, specifically within NITI Aayog.
DARPG: Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, initiated the special campaign under Swachh Bharat for disposal of pending matters.
Swachh Bharat: Referenced national cleanliness campaign under which the disposal of pending matters was initiated.
NITI Aayog
Launch of Special Campaign 5.0 in NITI Aayog for
institutionalizing Swachhata and minimizing
pendency
Posted On: 24 SEP 2025 5:37PM by PIB Delhi
As a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG)
initiated a special campaign under Swachh Bharat for the disposal of pending matters in 2021. Building upon
the success of this campaign, DARPG decided to continue the campaign in subsequent years - 2022, 2023,
2024 and further in 2025. Accordingly, Special Campaign 4.0 was undertaken from November 2024 to
August 2025 with the aim to ensure timely and effective disposal of public grievance, references from
Members of Parliament, State Governments, Inter-Ministerial Consultations and Parliamentary Assurances by
Ministries/ Departments.
Special Campaign 4.0 for disposal of pending matters and Swachhta was undertaken by the NITI Aayog and
its attached offices Development Monitoring & Evaluation Office (DMEO), Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
located in NITI Bhawan and its autonomous institution viz. National Institute of Labour Economics Research
and Development (NILERD) situated in Narela, New Delhi.
Under the campaign, disposal of Public Grievances, Parliamentary Assurances, PMO References
have gained momentum. Under the Record Management, considerable number of files were
reviewed/ weeded out, space cleared and revenue generated through office scrap disposal. NITI
Aayog had successfully disposed of 100 % of the Pending Public Grievance Petitions, PMO
references, State Govt. references and 3 Parliament Assurance. A total of 10389 files were
reviewed, out of which 720 files were identified for weeding out. In addition to the above,
approximately 1956 sqft. of space was freed by disposing off files and optimization of office space.
In line with the success of previous years, NITI Aayog is gearing up for Special Campaign 5.0 with
the objective of institutionalizing Swachhata and minimizing pendency in the Secretariat as well as
attached /subordinate offices. In this edition of the campaign, focus shall be on liquidating pendency
in the MP’s References, References from the State Governments, Inter-Ministerial References,
Parliamentary Assurances, PMO references, Public Grievances and PG Appeals, weeding out of
redundant files & documents. In addition, special attention shall be on improving the overall
cleanliness of the offices with focus on space management and enhancing work place experience
of field offices.
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MJPS/SR/SKS
(Release ID: 2170748)