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Record Management Practices, 2025
8 rules • 2025
Record retention, weeding, digitization, and archival procedures for central government offices under Public Records Act.
General
Para 1This paragraph identifies the issuing authority of the Record Management guidelines circular. It was issued by Smt. Kavita Singh, Joint Secretary, Cabinet ...Para 2This paragraph sets out the legal framework for record management in the central government. The primary sources are Chapter 10 of the Central Secretariat ...Para 3Chapter 10 of CSMoP 2022 provides the comprehensive framework for record management activities: categorization of records, retention schedules, review and ...Para 4Following consultations with various Ministries and Departments, the Cabinet Secretariat issued specific clarifications on retention periods for different ...Para 5This paragraph clarifies an important question that arose with the widespread adoption of e-Office: do the Public Records Act, 1993 and Public Records Rule...Para 6This is the formal closing paragraph of the circular, stating that it is issued with the approval of the Competent Authority — a standard phrase indicating...Para 8This paragraph reproduces the key provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 of the Public Records Act, 1993 (which deals with destruction/disposal) in Hindi, a...Para 9Section 9 of the Public Records Act, 1993 provides the penalty for contravening the destruction and disposal provisions. Any person who violates Section 4 ...