Admin Launches EPM Portal for Monitoring Monthly Performance of Employees

Mehta maintained that all employees should be encouraged to file monthly performances capturing their contributions to the departmental goals and achievements.

SRINAGAR — Chief Secretary, AK Mehta, launched J&K Employees Performance Monitoring (EPM) portal for accessing monthly work of all government employees in the J&K on Saturday.

On the occasion the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Finance, Atal Dulloo; Principal Secretary General Administration Deppartment (GAD), Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and other senior officers of the administration including those from National Informatics Centre (NIC) were present.

The Chief Secretary urged the officers to make provisions for submitting the performance on behalf of field officials.

Mehta maintained that all employees should be encouraged to file monthly performances capturing their contributions to the departmental goals and achievements.

He further advised the officers to base the annual appraisals on reported monthly contributions and integrate achievements with salary drawl. The Chief Secretary directed for devising training schedule to acquaint employees with the functioning of the portal for smooth operationalization of EPM.

The Principal Secretary GAD, said that it is first of its kind mechanism in the country, whereby the employees will be required to report the monthly performance up to the 7th of next calendar month on the portal using their Centralized Personal Information System (CPIS) numbers.

For registration, the employee has to download the instant messaging app SANDES for receiving the OTP. The link for the same has also been provided on the said portal. The employee can then submit each month’s performance in ‘Submit Activities’ menu against each month selected and could also view it thereafter in ‘View Activities’ menu. The monthly reporting system is likely to bring about much needed accountability and service efficiency. (Agencies)