The pay of a Secretary to the Government of India should be a fixed sum, less than the salary of a Union Deputy Minister. Ministers enjoy peoples mandate but bureaucrats dont.
Vertical and horizontal movements should be allowed at all levels to maintain the federalist character of India.
Withdraw all sorts of special grants, allowances, and other invisibles currently given only to a particular group of employees. Initial pay of armed forces personnel may be fixed at one point higher than their civilian counterparts to compensate their difficult nature of job away from home.
Reserve the term Executive for the peoples representatives and persons holding constitutional posts. Let the bureaucrats realize that they are servants and not masters of the society.
All departmental exams should be abolished to give a fair treatment to the senior and to attract talents both from inside and outside.
Stop reservation in promotion at all levels.
Pay scale and ones position/promotion should be delinked. Unity of command and control will exist though ones position in the hierarchy and not through pay scales.
