Kinds, Use and Disposal of Records

Things to remember

• Record keeping is the store of information. 
• Record are the history of an organization.
• The records which are preserved over a long time are called permanent records. 
• The records which can be destroyed after 20 years of the job completion are called the most important records. 
• The records which can be destroyed after 10 years of the job completion are called important records.
• The records which can be destroyed after 5 years of the job completion are called most useful records.
• The records which can be destroyed after 3 years of the job completion are called useful records.
• The records which can be destroyed after 1 years of the completion of a job are called less useful records.