NEW DELHI, July 28 — The Union government has implemented a new policy restricting entitled officers to a single official vehicle each, in a move officials describe as an effort to rationalise government expenditure on vehicle fleets.
The policy is aimed at tightening rules around the use of official cars, which have periodically been the subject of scrutiny over misuse and inflated fleet numbers across ministries and departments. Under the new norm, officers eligible for an official vehicle will be entitled to exactly one, closing loopholes that had allowed some entitled positions to draw on multiple vehicles across postings or additional charges.
The move is part of a broader push toward austerity and efficiency in government spending, an approach the Centre has pursued periodically through circulars on travel, hospitality and fleet management. Officials familiar with the decision said it would apply uniformly across central ministries, though implementation details for state-deputed and autonomous body officers may vary.
For governance and current affairs sections, this fits into a broader pattern of administrative reform news — aspirants should keep an eye on similar austerity or efficiency-linked government orders, which occasionally turn up as one-liner GK questions.