Noting & Drafting

Noting is a process through which one government officer shares

his view about the issue on a file with another government officer.
The primary purpose of the process is to allow discourse over the
specific topic while maintaining a record of the same for
retrospective review.
As a result, noting is always seen as the recording of comments or
notes about a specific issue on a file between two or more
government employees. It is the most basic and daily function
performed in Government offices at every level of hierarchy, be it
an Assistant or Joint Secretary level officer.
Drafting on the other hand is the process of creating a rough
sketch of a communication that is to be sent after approval of the
competent authority. The rough sketch that is put up on the file is
known as the draft. It is issued after the officer who has to sign it
has approved it.
The draft can have a variety of purposes from conveying orders to
requesting more information. Many drafts may need to be made
in the process of disposal of one case.