Special Campaign 6 Reviewed, E-Files and Waste to Wealth Push

Dr Jitendra Singh visited the office of the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) at Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi, on 5 October 2026 to review the progress of Special Campaign 6. The drive is meant to institutionalise cleanliness in government offices, cut pendency and put official resources to better use.

What the minister asked for

The minister directed officials to speed up the move from paper records to e-files, pressing for quicker digitisation and better record management in the interest of efficiency, transparency and easy access. He said recycling electronic waste and other scrap feeds the government's Waste to Wealth idea and the principles of a circular economy, under which material is recovered and used again instead of piling up as waste. He reviewed the campaign with DARPG Secretary Nivedita Shukla Verma, Additional Secretary Puneet Yadav and Joint Secretary Avanish Kumar Mishra.

What the campaign covers

The thrust areas are tracked on a single digital platform. They include scientific disposal of e-waste, timely disposal of pending matters such as Members of Parliament's references, Parliamentary Assurances, references from the Prime Minister's Office and the Inter-Ministerial Committee and from state governments, better record management, file disposal, and cleanliness drives paired with space optimisation. DARPG is the nodal department, and the minister noted that it has been institutionalising the campaign since 2021. The activities of this round began on 2 October 2026. At DARPG itself, a room that had been lying unused and full of junk was cleared and turned into a common room for staff.

What the last round achieved in sports bodies

The Department of Sports has begun its preparatory work for the campaign, carried out from 15 to 30 September 2026, with the Sports Authority of India, the Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, the National Sports University, the National Anti-Doping Agency and the National Dope Testing Laboratory. In the previous round, cleanliness drives were run at 50 identified sites across their field offices and headquarters. That effort reclaimed 3,90,000 square feet of space, much of which was turned into usable rooms, and scrap disposal earned revenue of Rs 4,07,55,976. The focus this time is on effective collection, segregation and disposal of electronic waste.