Be polite...answer politicians' calls on priority: Maharashtra govt to employees

The Maharashtra government has asked its employees to be polite while answering calls, not to fight or quarrel on phone and answer calls from politicians and senior officials on priority.

The Maharashtra government has issued new directives for state government employees on using mobile phones during offices hours and stressed that their use should be minimised. The government said landline should be the preferred mode to make calls and use of social media should be avoided during office hours. Besides these, the new directives say government employees must be polite, they should not quarrel on phone and answer calls of political representatives and senior officials on priority.