Tag: Bureaucracy
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‘Perfect’ Bureaucracy
The Government can make decision-making transparent and make the bureaucracy responsible for the decisions taken by them, including decisions for not taking a decision. Another necessary reform could be streamlining the convoluted procedure to book delinquent officers, that makes action against bureaucrats virtually impossible. This would put the fear of God in bureaucrats, particularly lower-level functionaries, who are the first point of contact for citizens
March 4, 2023 -
Old elites’ losses have been PTI’s gains
A bridge not linked to any road gets one nowhere. Pakistan’s stagnant politics resembles one even if it is now in uncharted terrain, with huge turmoil upending old political patterns. However, big political transitions follow the deep societal change.
November 2, 2022 -
Bureaucracy Recast
After Independence, ministers with a vastly different set of values and perspective came to wield authority. Civil servants realised that circumspection rather than pure efficiency was needed to make things work. However, no one took the trouble to educate the electorate about the fine distinction between a political party and a government of that party. The result was a conflict between the bureaucracy and the political executive, who wanted to control all levers of power
December 21, 2021 -
Reforming Bureaucracy
A worthwhile goal of Mission Karmayogi is the re-definition of roles and activities of Government employees. Another welcome initiative is the re-drafting of SOPs for all departments, because, at present, through passage of time, there are a surfeit of often contradictory circulars and instructions.
June 9, 2021 -
Bureaucratised Society
The power of patronage, lack of accountability and corruption, which are the bane of bureaucracy, often inspire young men and women in India to join it. Additionally, the hierarchy in the Indian Government is such that the scientist, doctor, engineer and the technocrat all work under the bureaucrat
October 14, 2020 -
Bureaucracy targets another military institution
The MoD, ignoring service HQs had unilaterally amended the gazette notification containing recruitment rules for the GMBOA in 2017, opening doors for a Joint Secretary-ranked bureaucrat to be appointed.
December 25, 2018 -
Bureaucratic appointments must be overhauled
It is becoming increasingly fashionable to blame ‘governance failure’ for all kinds of crises and misadventures. With elections only months away, each and every initiative of the Government that goes awry is quickly branded as a ‘governance failure’ by the opposition. On the other hand, the Government attributes all its failures on the ‘governance failures’...
November 21, 2018 -
Need for recruitment reforms
Union Public Service Commission, responsible for the employment and selection of civil servants, must adopt a holistic system to judge intellectual, administrative, and behavioural characteristics of an individual.
August 10, 2018 -
Lateral entry: UPSC should handle appointments, says search panel
The search panel has said it has 'no clue' on how to select bureaucrats
August 6, 2018 -
The bureaucracy of the British
The Indian Civil Service (ICS) was the main bureaucracy nay the steel frame of British rule in India. It was started in 1855 and the first batch joined in 1856. Though the first exam for ICS was held in 1855 in London, not a single Indian, pejoratively called natives then, was there to take the...
April 26, 2018 -
Docs oppose appointment of Director Health Services from bureaucracy
Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Resident doctors Association (RDA) has opposed the proposed appointment of director Health Services from the State administrative services. The IGMC RDA president Ajay Jaryal said here on Friday that in Himachal Pradesh only two medical Colleges Indira Gandhi Medical College and Dr Rajinder Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda has regular...
March 25, 2018 -
Thakur faces challenge of handling bureaucracy
The BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) government has tried to shake up the administrative system by undertaking major reshuffle in 2 5 days of taking over in Himachal Pradesh (HP). The new leadership faces the challenge of handling the ‘politically tagged bureaucracy’ in HP for effective governance, as a top priority. Not only that bureaucracy, nursing bitter...
January 22, 2018 -
HP CM faces challenge of handling ‘politically tagged’ bureaucracy
As the new leadership in Himachal Pradesh faces the challenge of handling the ‘politically tagged bureaucracy’, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has undertaken major reshuffle since Jai Ram Thakur took over as the Chief Minister 25 days ago. Not only that bureaucracy has been working cross-purposes in HP, some officers have shown more loyalty...
January 21, 2018 -
Bureaucracy misleading people for 70 years, says Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court (HC) on Thursday made a damning remark on the bureaucracy, saying government officials have only mislead people in the last 70 years. The observation came from Justice S.P. Kesharwani while hearing the case of one Dulari Devi, who has been fighting her case for the last 19 years. Rapping the bureaucracy...
December 15, 2017 -
Bureaucracy misleading people for 70 years, says Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court (HC) on Thursday made a damning remark on the bureaucracy, saying government officials have only mislead people in the last 70 years. The observation came from Justice S.P. Kesharwani while hearing the case of one Dulari Devi, who has been fighting her case for the last 19 years. Rapping the bureaucracy...
December 15, 2017 -
Himachal polls: Testing times ahead for bureaucracy
The number of young, efficient, and politically neutral bureaucrats in Himachal Pradesh has been increasing in recent years. This holds out fresh hope for the development of this hill state blessed with natural advantages but burdened with the lack of political will and quality consciousness. Unfortunately, many political leaders do not see beyond their constituencies...
November 7, 2017 -
Red tape woes
The change in Government in 2014 has led to a sudden interest in our history. At one level history is being re-written with facts not suiting the current dispensation being airbrushed; thus we have Maharana Pratap getting even with Akbar and Taj Mahal being demoted to a symbol of barbarity. This is a futile exercise...
October 23, 2017