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Modi effect on Bureaucracy : Will it last ?
by rawemotions Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:42 pm
Unless these principles are enshrined in a corporate policy sort of belief system and pasted on the walls of the government offices, I am not sure whether all these will last years from now.
But as of now, it seems incredulous.
With all this improvements, and push to get bureaucracy to clear, there are bound to some mistakes. So an institutionalized mechanism is needed to look at any such mistakes to improve governance. It is also going to be a challenge when some of those mistakes blow up on the face.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modi-effect-delhi-government-servants-have-to-clock-in-on-time-stay-back-late-and-even-give-up-holidays/articleshow/37042588.cms
Excerpts
- Employees at a defence ministry office in Delhi were last week asked to sign up to a notice pledging that they would be in by 9
am or face disciplinary action.
- At the housing ministry, employees have to report to their superior if they are late by more than 15 minutes. Biometric scanner
s track attendance and regular latecomers will get a notice after six months.
- There also seems to be an unwritten diktat in force that bureaucrats should not be seen playing golf.
- While Modi's predecessor also put in long hours and officials in key ministries never really switch off completely under any
dispensation, it's perhaps for the first time that civil servants across all government departments are being pushed to work
harder and longer.
- "We have been told files can't wait on a table for more than two days, and an explanation will be sought if a file isn't
cleared for a week," said a senior government official, who declined to be named.
- The urban development and housing and urban poverty alleviation ministries under Venkaiah Naidu are going a step further. A
'file movement officer' will seek to verify which files are pending, with whom and for what reason.
- Officials in the two ministries have been told that an explanation will be demanded if files aren't cleared for a week.
Bureaucrats have also been asked not to depend on orderlies to move files when clarifications are required. The minister is
encouraging officers to pick up the phone and talk to colleagues in their own ministries and elsewhere rather than sending
files back and forth with their comments."People are talking through files. This is the main reason for delays.
But as of now, it seems incredulous.
With all this improvements, and push to get bureaucracy to clear, there are bound to some mistakes. So an institutionalized mechanism is needed to look at any such mistakes to improve governance. It is also going to be a challenge when some of those mistakes blow up on the face.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modi-effect-delhi-government-servants-have-to-clock-in-on-time-stay-back-late-and-even-give-up-holidays/articleshow/37042588.cms
Excerpts
- Employees at a defence ministry office in Delhi were last week asked to sign up to a notice pledging that they would be in by 9
am or face disciplinary action.
- At the housing ministry, employees have to report to their superior if they are late by more than 15 minutes. Biometric scanner
s track attendance and regular latecomers will get a notice after six months.
- There also seems to be an unwritten diktat in force that bureaucrats should not be seen playing golf.
- While Modi's predecessor also put in long hours and officials in key ministries never really switch off completely under any
dispensation, it's perhaps for the first time that civil servants across all government departments are being pushed to work
harder and longer.
- "We have been told files can't wait on a table for more than two days, and an explanation will be sought if a file isn't
cleared for a week," said a senior government official, who declined to be named.
- The urban development and housing and urban poverty alleviation ministries under Venkaiah Naidu are going a step further. A
'file movement officer' will seek to verify which files are pending, with whom and for what reason.
- Officials in the two ministries have been told that an explanation will be demanded if files aren't cleared for a week.
Bureaucrats have also been asked not to depend on orderlies to move files when clarifications are required. The minister is
encouraging officers to pick up the phone and talk to colleagues in their own ministries and elsewhere rather than sending
files back and forth with their comments."People are talking through files. This is the main reason for delays.
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Re: Modi effect on Bureaucracy : Will it last ?
by confuzzled dude Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:12 am
How are they going to know that a particular file is sitting on someone's desk for more than 2 days? Will they be compensated for the extra hours they put in? Nice ideas but hope he won't burn them out with such rigid policies
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Re: Modi effect on Bureaucracy : Will it last ?
by truthbetold Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:25 am
No. Every new govt comes in with these kinds of grand changes that costs nothing but produces a lot.
It is a good message but focus should be on motivation and not fear. Vp singh made employees partners in tax collection resulting in major increases in govt revenues. If possible financial incentives are best.
It is a good message but focus should be on motivation and not fear. Vp singh made employees partners in tax collection resulting in major increases in govt revenues. If possible financial incentives are best.
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