Improve the work culture among the Government Employees and develop the economy

Dr.T.V.Gopalakrishnan

The article is well written and highly focused. Administration has failed beyond anybody’s imagination and the result is there for all to see. Corruption, inefficiency, indecision, indolence, incompetence etc have become the order of the day and anybody can get away with anything without any accountability is what is bothering everybody.Mr Manmohan Singh's failure to tighten administration let loose series of scams leading to all sorts of ills in the economy, the most serious one being the loss of confidence in the entire Governance Standards. I had a very short stint in the MOF and I can fully vouch for what ever has been highlighted in the article. Except a very top few, the contribution of many in Government Offices is virtually nil.They have all activities other than office work and in many sensitive areas , the work is carried out by drafting officials from outside agencies where the Government has authority and control to dictate. The new Government's major responsibility should be to bring back efficiency in administration and once this is done, the other jobs are easy. Will the Modi Government achieve this? Then Modi's period will be a golden period for the economy. We have talents and other resources, but no commitment and accountability and we perennially suffer.How long we should tolerate is the question the new Government will have to ponder and act.

(This is in response to the article Government Employees the biggest Chaallenge for the new PM that appeared in Business Standard on the 2nd May 2014)