Karnataka Government Bans Staff From Using Tobacco Products Inside Offices

Bengaluru:

Karnataka authorities has prohibited its staff from smoking cigarettes and consuming any tobacco merchandise inside authorities workplaces and premises.

The round issued by the Division of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) to this impact has warned of disciplinary motion in opposition to these violating.

“Consumption of tobacco merchandise in authorities workplaces and workplace premises, regardless of statutory warnings in opposition to it, has come to the eye of the federal government. On this background, within the curiosity of the well being of the workers and to guard the general public and authorities staff from passive smoking, it’s utterly prohibited for any authorities worker to eat any tobacco merchandise, together with smoking in authorities workplaces and workplace premises,” the round mentioned.

A warning board on this regard shall be displayed at appropriate locations at workplaces, it mentioned.

Disciplinary motion shall be taken in opposition to any authorities worker discovered smoking or consuming any tobacco merchandise (gutka, paan masala, and many others.) within the workplace or workplace premises in violation of those directions, it added.

Smoking and consumption of different tobacco merchandise are dangerous to well being and consumption of such merchandise in public areas is totally prohibited below the Cigarettes and Different Tobacco Merchandise (Prohibition of Commercial and Regulation of Commerce and Commerce, Manufacturing, Provide and Distribution) Act, 2003, the round famous.

Rule-31 of the Karnataka State Civil Service (Conduct) Guidelines, 2021 additionally prohibits consumption of any intoxicating drink or intoxicating substance in a public place, it additional identified.

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