Price of independence in Indian bureaucracy

Never seeking a favour out of the way for one's promotion etc.
Doing things which normally others venture not for fear of annoying or belittling the importance of immediate seniors or centre of power in the given arena or field of activity. Going out of the way to help others while their positions don't expect them to do.
Doing a job with little risk if it can help an individual or organisation in the process of one's work.
Doing a job with pleasure for deriving job satisfaction.
Aiming to introduce reforms in a system unlike ordinary individuals in a setup.

If one has the above mentioned attributes while in government service, he is bound to annoy automatically his superiors and get sidelined in course of time as he or she advances in career and reach the higher positions in the cadre. He might even be questioned for what he did in good faith and public interest and quietly kept aside when a person oriented towards and committed to the self interest of the political boss has to be accommodated and awarded with a promotion and good posting. This is indeed a price an official has to invariably pay for independence and impartial actions while discharging his duties.

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Lee Kuan Yew
A law student from Cambridge, otherwise born into the third generation middle class Chinese family in Singapore in 1923, had the opportunity to form the People's Action Party  in 1954 and win the elections in 1959. Lee became the Prime Minister. After an initial merger with Malaysia, Singapore parted the way after two years and started its forward march under his rule since 1960. 

In the next three decades he transformed a tiny and sleepy fisherman island into an economically powerful city nation. Now the per capita income in Singapore is around  U S. dollar 55000/. 

Reason for success:

Enterprising and dedicated leadership
Incorruptible and strict government
Control on freedom of speech and media
Single party rule for 3-4 decades with no opposition
People's cooperation with the government

Is it possible in India to repeat that system given the constitution of India, diversity in race, religion, language, culture, history, geography etc? Not really.

A disciplined democracy, with press freedom subordinated to national goals, pronounced and practised by selfless individuals at the apex level and supported by a bureaucracy committed to the Constitution of India and the socialistic pattern of Indian society alone can pave the way for transformation of India into a world class nation developed in all aspects.

Can the Modi's role and rule be expected to usher in such a transformation in India?

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AAP and a farmer in Jantar Mantar, Delhi

An AAP farmer Gajendra Singh from Rajasthan commits suicide in front of the entire ministry of Delhi Government with sufficient warning in advance - and Arvind, chief minister and the police official accusing each other of dereliction of duty on the spot. What a pity? The govt. of Delhi couldn't save the life of a sincere party worker -cum-farmer who attended the farmers rally arranged by the party!

Shame on the part of entire crowd watching the tamasha!,
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Secretaries' report paints a grim picture of PM’s pet schemes

Expresses concern over shoddy implementation

(Hindustan Times, April 1, 2015)

The NDA government’s Jan Dhan Yojna might have recorded a sharp rise in new bank accounts but it faces several hurdles in its way to become an effective tool of financial inclusion.

Realty Check:

46 secretaries present report to the PM on their tour of first place of posting

29 secretaries said unemployment most pressing problem

28 secretaries said sanitation conditions deplorable

25 secretaries found no new industry in areas visited by them

19 secretaries found poor road/rail/aid connectivity

15 secretaries said abysmal condition of health services

15 bureaucrats pointed out deteriorating sex ratio

Status of Executives at the grassroots

A down to earth practical approach  was adopted by PM Narendra Modi by sending top bureaucrats to the places where they initially started their career and worked 30-35 years ago to find out the status of implementation of schemes at the grassroots. A top-down goal fixation and target implementation is normally beset with many teething troubles due to varied assets and capacities enjoyed by the executives in the field. 

The internal report in six pages consolidated and placed before the PM indicates that all is not well in the field despite encouraging aggregate numbers achieved and reported by the bankers at the apex level. No wonder in the last 10-20 years thousand and thousand crores of rupees budgeted, allocated and released from the Centre in the name of several schemes seem to have achieved comparatively little progress when the cost-benefit analysis is attempted and assembled at the end of the day.

Good beginning by the Centre under the leadership of a dynamic PM! But the aspirations and expectations for gainful employment and self employment to the crores of youths are certainly a daunting challenge to the PM and his government. The whole government - top to bottom - has to realise the magnitude, work out a strategy and strive hard to achieve the goals in a definite time-frame.

All the best to one and all in the arena!

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Good Friday

Lord Jesus was crucified this day some two millenniums ago, due to the unkindest act of his own follower. The son of God was treated like any other ordinary criminal and tortured, humiliated and hung from the top of a Cross.

The mankind hardly distinguishes good from bad things and persons. Mostly it realises its mistakes after the event and appreciates and adores the action of saviours after they leave this planet. Cruel but real it is in truth!

Utmost sacrifice for the sake of other human beings is the greatest benevolence left and taught to the humanity as long as it exists in this universe!!
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Second Phase of life.

Probably I am entering the second phase of an eventful life for sometime.
God be with me showing the right path to follow as usual!
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A scene near Dharakoh

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A scene near Dharakoh, a tiny railway station tucked into the valley of Satpura ranges in Madhya Pradesh State of Indian Union.  -- seen and photographed by me from a running Gondwana Express train passing through between Itarsi Junction and Betul Dt. HQrs around 6.40 AM on April 2, 2015.

Dharakoh is located in the thick of Satpura mountains. Three decades ago it was a dense forest while I was the district Collector and District magistrate (1977-79). There was a beautiful forest rest house on a hillock overlooking the railway station down below. During one of the week-ends I made a night halt in the rest house and inspected the forest area with forest officials.

Once a dacoity with murder took place on the train track between Darakoh and Muramjhiri railway stations. So the Superintendent of Police, Betul and I travelled on the inspection trolley of Railways and reached the spot for investigation.

I am pained to explain the way this forest range is preserved and protected these days. So pathetic and careless despite schemes and well intentioned forest officers.

A scene near Dharakoh

A scene near Dharakoh, a tiny railway station tucked into the valley of Satpura ranges in Madhya Pradesh State of Indian Union.  -- seen and photographed by me from a running Gondwana Express train passing through between Itarsi Junction and Betul Dt. HQrs around 6.40 AM on April 2, 2015.

Dharakoh is located in the thick of Satpura mountains. Three decades ago it was a dense forest while I was the district Collector and District magistrate (1977-79). There was a beautiful forest rest house on a hillock overlooking the railway station down below. During one of the week-ends I made a night halt in the rest house and inspected the forest area with forest officials.

Once a dacoity with murder took place on the train track between Darakoh and Muramjhiri railway stations. So the Superintendent of Police, Betul and I travelled on the inspection trolley of Railways and reached the spot for investigation.

I am pained to explain the way this forest range is preserved and protected these days. So pathetic and careless despite schemes and well intentioned forest officers.

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