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Friday, December 12, 2008

Good Old Government at its Best

An Administrative Reforms Panel (ARC) under the leadership of M Veerappa Moily, has recommended a performance based system for all senior level bureaucrats. At first you think, well, at last the government is holding bureaucrats for their performance.

But wait a minute. Does this mean that there is no system in place for holding them accountable like everybody else in the real world. If you read the article it really gets even more interesting.

"Suggesting new conditions of performance-based appointments and continuation of service, the ARC report - Refurbishing of Personnel Administration - said that all public servants should be subjected to two intensive reviews on completion of 14 years and 20 years of service, respectively."

Ok, so does this mean that they get a free pass till the first 14 years of their service, no matter how bad they are at their work. Also does this mean they get another 6 long years to rectify whatever short comings that they had at the 14 year review? Where is the incentive for them to perform when they know upfront that they are safe in their job for 20 years no matter what they do? Does this mean that we the taxpayers who pay for them have to suffer for 20 long years for each bureaucrat appointed? If Mr Moily was a owner of a private company, would he have recommended the same 20 years service before any sort of action against his employees?

I am sure he would have not done that, or his company would have to close doors in a few years. So why not apply the same standard to the government and have periodic review of government officials (i.e yearly) and fire the non performers regularly. Atleast that will bring some accountability in the government.

Read the complete article 20 Years of honeymoon at Taxpayers expense

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