The Centre issued a clarification about the personal staff members of each Union Minister of state.The allies have begun to dilute the importance of the office of an MOS, by ushering in a huge personal staff, including that of their party workers.
Instances have come to the notice of Cabinet Secretariat that Trinamool and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ministers who are the first timers in the corridors of power have begun to fill their offices with people from their constituencies and party workers
This was being objected to by the concerned secretaries to the government.
In Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, the decision