Yogi Adityanath's Move Against Corruption? UP Government Employees Need To Declare Assets, Else Lose Monthly Salary

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has asked its employees to declare their movable and immovable assets by 31 August on the state government's 'Manav Sampada' portal.

Failure to do so might stop the monthly salaries to be credited in their accounts and negatively affect their promotions. The order was issued in August last year with an initial deadline of 31 December 2023.

However, the deadline was extended multiple times, earlier to 30 June, then to 31 July and now to 31 August. Till now, only 26 per cent of the UP government's 17.88 lakh employees have complied with the order.

This means that over 13 lakh employees, who have yet not reported their asset details might face adverse actions as NDTV reported that the 31 August deadline is the ultimatum.

Minister Danish Azad Ansari has claimed that the move aims to enhance transparency and accountability within the government and is in line with Adityanath's zero-tolerance policy towards corruption.

Meanwhile, the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) has questioned the timing of the move and why the government was not able to implement the order even after multiple deadline extensions.

"Why did they not bring this in 2017? Now the Yogi Adityanath government is on the back foot, that's why they are doing this. They have realised all their employees are corrupt," SP spokesperson Ashutosh Verma said.