Panchkula, Oct. 7 -- The Haryana government has tightened the procedure for sanctioning departmental loans and advances to state government employees after the Finance Department found that departments were not consistently following prescribed rules while issuing sanction orders.

In instructions issued to all heads of departments, divisional commissioners, the Registrar of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, deputy commissioners, sub-divisional officers (civil) and district and sessions judges, the Finance Department has prescribed a 24-point format of mandatory details to be incorporated in every sanction order for a loan or advance.

The instructions, dated September 25, said omission of employee details from sanction orders was creating...